West Creston Community Hall Society
Publicly funded institution · Creston, British Columbia · BN 866808553RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($58,110) as filed with the CRA.
West Creston Community Hall Society is a charitable organization based in Creston, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 February 28, 2024, it reported $48K in revenue and $58K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Our mandate is to host events to foster community spirit and provide a forum for community issues. We provide scholarships to qualifying high school students to futher their education. Typical events include fall picnic candy cale lane pancake breakfasts at various times of the year carpet bowling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $48K | $58K | $3,402 | — | — | $302K |
| 2023 | $34K | $28K | $28K | — | — | $203K |
| 2022 | $54K | $20K | — | — | — | $313K |
| 2021 | $31K | $52K | — | — | — | -$816K |
| 2020 | $44K | $31K | — | — | — | $294K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Mackenzie (president); Brian Pealow (vice president); Maura Schadeli (secretary); Pam Alloway (treasurer); Ashley Chhina (director); Darrell Piekema (director); Ted Yakema (director); Michele Kuemper (director); Karen Evans (director); Deborah Hambler (director); Warry Evans (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Creston Community Hall Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866808553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.