Centre Culturel Francophone de l'Okanagan
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 106890312RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($450,922) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Culturel Francophone de l'Okanagan is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $469K in revenue and $451K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Activités et événements communautaires; bibliothèque francophone; festivals annuels; cours de français; camp de jour en français
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $469K | $451K | $321K | $107K | — | $331K |
| 2023 | $335K | $354K | $182K | $49K | — | $5,000 |
| 2022 | $327K | $298K | $148K | $70K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $315K | $245K | $83K | $67K | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $383K | $300K | $118K | $95K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$263K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vincent Collado (president); Marc-André Léveillé (vice-président); Francine Portelance (secrétaire); Ludovic Jan (trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Culturel Francophone de l'Okanagan’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106890312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.