Yellowhead Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Clearwater, British Columbia · BN 133327460RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,869,622) as filed with the CRA.
Yellowhead Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Clearwater, 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, 2024, it reported $6.5M in revenue and $5.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.8M in 2020 to $6.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Programs and services are provided to individuals and families of all ages in the north thompson valley area of bc as well as the ashcroft/lilooet and merritt areas. Programs and services include various counselling and family support services youth programs early childhood programs and supports early years programs safe home response services employment services literacy programs various food security programs including community kitchens & community garden programs for life and job skills and community inclusion for adults with developmental challenges and community transportation …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $5.9M | $5.2M | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $5.1M | — | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.8M | — | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.1M | — | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.8M | — | — | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $115K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,99932 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shirley Frost (vice-chairperson); Louise Weaver (director); Jack Keough (board chair); Christine Peterson (chief executive officer); Jackie Enfield (treasurer); Joanne Stokes (director); Karl Rainer (director); Debbie Rainer (director); Leslie Groulx (director); Kerry Cairns Milner (chief operating officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yellowhead Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133327460RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.