Traditional Knowledge and Language Enrichment Society
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 891253668RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,387) as filed with the CRA.
Traditional Knowledge and Language Enrichment Society is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10K in revenue and $1,387 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $609.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $119K in 2020 to $10K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Promote language education & cultural traditions of the ktunaxa nation to its members and stakeholders. Host/maintain museum; cultural spaces: interpretive tours; and meetings. Provide language education and cultural programs & services via grants & contributions to others to deliver for development & provision of services related to ktunaxa language culture & traditions. Support fundraising of ktunaxa nation museum.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10K | $1,387 | — | — | — | $125K |
| 2023 | $5,916 | $11K | — | — | $10K | $125K |
| 2022 | $1,471 | $823 | — | — | — | $130K |
| 2021 | $42K | -$69 | — | — | — | $129K |
| 2020 | $119K | $19K | — | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $609 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Birdstone (director chair); Kyle Shottanana (director); Darcy Fisher (director); Jason Louie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Traditional Knowledge and Language Enrichment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891253668RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.