Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 884571910RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($249,379) as filed with the CRA.
Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $359K in revenue and $249K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $303K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Cops for kids is a charitable foundation whose members and supporters (rcmp members and community volunteers) raise funds to support qualified donees and charitable programs which assist children suffering from prolonged medical/physical disabilities we also provide direct funding to families with children who suffer from prolonged or temporary physical or mental disability or impairment including providing funding for equipment supplies services medical travel and accomodations for these children and their families none
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $359K | $249K | $147K | $66K | — | $534K |
| 2023 | $346K | $441K | $321K | $71K | — | $424K |
| 2022 | $399K | $372K | $257K | $74K | $11K | $520K |
| 2021 | $306K | $320K | $222K | $65K | — | $483K |
| 2020 | $339K | $295K | $183K | $52K | $25K | $497K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $303K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- The Calgary Foundation$50K
- Creating Courage Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Barry Lapointe Foundation$15K
- Gloria DI Dio Foundation$11K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- Foord Family Foundation$5,000
- Courage Foundation$3,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Central Okanagan Foundation$2,055
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,012
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,427
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
- Nelson Circle Foundation Trustee M D Berg—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$62K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beverley Harrison (director); Reinhard Krenz (director); Jennifer-Lyn Paquette (director); Nicolas Reimann (director); Shawna Lundin (director); Brent Mundle (director); Andrew Deame (director); John Bauer (director); Joanna Hamilton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884571910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.