Braintrust Canada Association
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 140202003RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,059,346) as filed with the CRA.
Braintrust Canada Association is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $920K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $135K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Braintrust provides brain injury prevention education and support programs and services in the central okanagan primarily in kelowna and vernon. Our mission is to bring the issue of brain injury to the forefront maximize the potential of those who have been affected by brain injury and reduce preventable brain injury especially among youth who are at the highest risk.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $920K | $1.1M | $785K | — | — | $87K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $938K | — | — | $226K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $912K | — | — | $250K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $244K |
| 2020 | $1M | $952K | — | — | — | $288K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $135K from 8 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$50K
- Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society$45K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,004
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- British Columbia Rehabilitation Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,301
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$10
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$550K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Shea (president); Erin Webber (vice president); Keith Bradley (secretary); Mia Liu (director); Matt Petrie (director); Angela Price-Stephens (director); Naomi Mison (director); Paul Rollett (director); Sherry Wilson (director); David Rhine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Braintrust Canada Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140202003RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.