Corporation of the City of Penticton
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 106984081RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,913,310) as filed with the CRA.
Corporation of the City of Penticton is a charitable organization based in Penticton, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The penticton public library provides free library services to the residents of and visitors to the city of penticton. This includes physical and digital items for loan free public access computers wi-fi readers’ adivisory and reference services consumer grade maker technology and literacy based programming for all ages.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $217K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $213K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$928K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Corporation of the City of Penticton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106984081RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.