Windermere District Social Service Society
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 108214735RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,346,602) as filed with the CRA.
Windermere District Social Service Society is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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, 2023, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,038.
Compared with 1,558 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Operation of adult residential care facility and provider of group and individual self-help skills and integration programs for individuals with disabilities. The facility is located in invermere bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $878K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $901K | — | — | $868K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $829K | — | — | $824K |
| 2020 | $930K | $919K | $808K | — | — | $791K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $5,038 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Heather Tansowny (president); Thommas McNeil (director); Pamela Schneider (vice president); Karen Coté (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Windermere District Social Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108214735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.