West Kootenay Educational Resource Society
Publicly funded institution · Winlaw, British Columbia · BN 119294072RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($321,722) as filed with the CRA.
West Kootenay Educational Resource Society is a charitable organization based in Winlaw, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $413K in revenue and $322K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $263K in 2020 to $413K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing educational instruction for elementary aged students in accordance with ministry of education of bc standards.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $413K | $322K | $322K | — | — | $198K |
| 2023 | $227K | $209K | $209K | — | — | $107K |
| 2022 | $189K | $211K | $211K | — | — | $88K |
| 2021 | $188K | $201K | $201K | — | — | $110K |
| 2020 | $263K | $230K | — | — | — | $124K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$170K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Frith (treasurer); Lilah Precious (director); James Brett Pope (chair); Anniah Lang (treasurer); Nicole Coupland McCallum (secretary); Coady Lumanta (director); Sumika Motoki (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Kootenay Educational Resource Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119294072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.