Arts Council of the North Okanagan
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 123259574RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,203,872) as filed with the CRA.
Arts Council of the North Okanagan is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,294.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Community Foundation of the North Okanagan. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $478K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operates the vernon community arts centre and serves as an umbrella organization for all arts and cultural groups. Acno provides year round visual and performing arts classes and workshops to adults and youth in the greater vancouver area offers drop-in sessions for individuals wanting to work independently exhibit and sell artwork in the gallery and offers a free 'joining hands' program for adults living with a disability.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $430K | $246K | $10K | $446K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $457K | $190K | — | $437K |
| 2022 | $969K | $855K | $371K | $162K | — | $288K |
| 2021 | $338K | $304K | $85K | $149K | — | $175K |
| 2020 | $478K | $426K | $211K | $3,465 | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,294 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$608K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Keith (president); Roger Lamoureux (director); Melanie Prince (secretary); Dominic Scorah (treasurer); Tris White (director); Ethan Wood (director); Kelly Clarke (director); Bonnie Cameron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arts Council of the North Okanagan’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123259574RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.