Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics
Publicly funded institution · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 812016418RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,156,560) as filed with the CRA.
Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics is a charitable organization based in Kamloops, 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 $2.9M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $70.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $623K in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Course development and delivery program development and implementation research for curriculum development workshop & tutorial development and delivery for first nations tax administration first nations economics and first nations public finance
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $1.2M | $976K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $865K | — | — | $417K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $400K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $987K | — | — | $338K |
| 2020 | $623K | $635K | $494K | — | — | $51K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Lebourdais (chair); Carlene George (director); Keith Matthew (director); Angie Derrickson (director); Harold Calla (director); Lawrence Schembri (director); Te Maire Tau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812016418RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.