Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre Society
Charitable organization · Oliver, British Columbia · BN 866565625RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,683,532) as filed with the CRA.
Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Oliver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 38% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $405K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $912K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Desert sun counselling and rescource centre is a charitable organization which facilitates supportive programs to empower people of all ages to experience an enhanced quality in their homes schools and communities. Currently the society provides various counselling services including stop the violence and peace as well as a community outreach program affordable housing youth bed and safe home the better at home program for the south okanagan literacy outreach parenting skills capc and an early years program a community kitchen and garden men's shed and crisis line.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $21K | — | $473K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $15K | — | $370K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $9,519 | — | $275K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $2,115 | — | $324K |
| 2020 | $912K | $931K | $931K | — | — | $178K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $405K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gayle McConnell (treasurer); Rachel Marie Cox (board chair); Heather Andrews (board member); Maryanne Galey (board member); Maureen Doerr (board member); Marko Bosnjak (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866565625RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.