Dress for Success Kelowna Society
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 745234716RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($314,976) as filed with the CRA.
Dress for Success Kelowna Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $276K in revenue and $315K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $157K in 2021 to $276K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing women with access to professional attire to secure employment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $276K | $315K | $274K | — | — | $201K |
| 2023 | $452K | $317K | $248K | — | — | $209K |
| 2022 | $145K | $197K | $169K | — | — | $74K |
| 2021 | $157K | $95K | $85K | — | — | $126K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $125K from 8 charities:
- Dress for Success Canada Foundation$87K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$15K
- Sonrise Foundation$10K
- The Henry and Gertrude Sawatzky Family Foundation Inc.$5,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$125
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$28
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$194K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pam Somers (chair/president); Rebecca Ashley (director); Martine Boucher (director); Mehrsa Maali (director); Magda Kapp (director); Joanne Stinson (director); Harding Tyde (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dress for Success Kelowna Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 745234716RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.