Autism Okanagan Association
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 860581370RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($170,124) as filed with the CRA.
Autism Okanagan Association is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $191K in revenue and $170K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 21% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9,179 in 2020 to $191K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
During the fiscal period. Autism okanagan continued to operate programs specifically for the autism community in the okanagan. We continued these programs this year. 1. Our special hockey teams the wildcats under 16 team and the wild over 16 team completed full seasons of play culminating with a provincial tournament in chilliwack 2. Our learn to golf program held a set of lessons for kids with autism to learn the basics of golf using special equipment provided by the els for autism foundation. Four of our golfers then represented canada in the second annual els international gof tourn…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $191K | $170K | $151K | — | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $81K | $85K | $65K | — | $0 | $32K |
| 2022 | $36K | $48K | $30K | — | — | $35K |
| 2021 | $44K | $34K | $13K | — | $0 | $27K |
| 2020 | $9,179 | $19K | $7,693 | — | $0 | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 10 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$36K
- Els For Autism Canada$10K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$8,183
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen$3,000
- The Calgary Foundation$2,500
- The Merrifield Family Foundation$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$991
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$465
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tammy Gilmour (president/director); Lynne Tereposky (director treasurer assistant); Lesley Hobden (director); Sytel Ironside (secretary); Richard Takai (director); Rhonda Wynsouw (director/treasurer); Nicholas Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Autism Okanagan Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860581370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.