Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 131214371RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,022,304) as filed with the CRA.
Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government, 24% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $677K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The society provides quality community-based programs aimed to stop violence against women and children. Programs are as follows: 1. Advocacy information and outreach; 2. Specialized victim assistance 3. Women's outreach counselling 4. Community justice programs 5. Sexual assault counselling 6. Education and abuse prevention 7. Girls united primary intervention 8. Intervention with at-risk adolescent and pre-teen girls.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $824K | $7,722 | — | $318K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $907K | $6,853 | — | $289K |
| 2022 | $1M | $985K | $828K | $2,246 | — | $240K |
| 2021 | $884K | $876K | $711K | $4,679 | — | $147K |
| 2020 | $677K | $674K | $545K | $5,244 | — | $310K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 9 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$41K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,562
- The Great Big Red Barn Foundation$2,500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$609
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$514
- Link Charity Canada Inc$300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$102
- United Way British Columbia$43
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$758K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Leneigh Bosdet (community representative); Nicole Cantley (community representative); Brittany Denny (treasurer); David Horvath (community representative); Claire Macleod (community representative).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131214371RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.