British Columbia · Registered charity
KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY
KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$475,718 to it, the largest being CRESTON VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (C$315,340). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY is better cushioned than half of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Creston Valley Gleaners Societylocalportfolio match
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockieslocal
- Columbia Valley Community Foundationportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 5% · 2020 11% · 2021 13% · 2023 14% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose C$113k → C$145k.
From the CRA filings of KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 96% · 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
85% of KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$56k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 12 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Creston Valley Gleaners Societylocalportfolio matchBC · funds 12 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay RockieslocalBC · funds 24 organizations near you
- Columbia Valley Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bc Parks Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sitka Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Conservation Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canards Illimites Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Le Roi Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Osprey Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 28% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY?
- KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$475,718 to it, the largest being CRESTON VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (C$315,340). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 12 organizations giving C$475,718 in grants to KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY?
- CRESTON VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA is the largest funder on record, with C$315,340 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOOTENAY-COLUMBIA DISCOVERY CENTRE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register