Childhood Connections-Okanagan Family & Childcare Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 129921177RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($873,351) as filed with the CRA.
Childhood Connections-Okanagan Family & Childcare Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $891K in revenue and $873K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $367K in 2020 to $891K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Child care resource and referral program family resource program nourish families playful healing drop in childcare
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $891K | $873K | $873K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $696K | $797K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $537K | $697K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $462K | $475K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $367K | $352K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 9 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$26K
- United Way British Columbia$15K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$8,169
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,421
- Central Okanagan Foundation$4,803
- Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$373
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$559K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Saskia Battersby (president); Betty Cleland (vice-president); Terry Yesaki (treasurer); Robert Southam (member at large); Samantha Krulitski (secretary); Charlie Boscoe (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Childhood Connections-Okanagan Family & Childcare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129921177RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.