Elevation Outdoor Experiential Programs Association
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 830625018RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($631,923) as filed with the CRA.
Elevation Outdoor Experiential Programs Association is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $751K in revenue and $632K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
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 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $165K in 2020 to $751K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
2024 saw the ongoing delivery of our snowboard hiking rock climbing mountain biking and leadership development programs. 91% of the participants in these programs were on a full or partial scholarship with a completion of 95%. We has 59 volunteers contribute 1547 hours to support our programs and fundraising efforts. Our bikes for all program collected and gave away 165 bikes to community members and organizations that would benefit from a bike.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $751K | $632K | $525K | $24K | — | $485K |
| 2023 | $607K | $497K | $288K | $59K | — | $366K |
| 2022 | $506K | $415K | — | — | — | $257K |
| 2021 | $270K | $246K | — | — | — | $167K |
| 2020 | $165K | $121K | — | — | — | $142K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $97K from 10 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- Community Foundations of Canada$24K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$19K
- United Way British Columbia$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,410
- Urban Systems Foundation$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Tweedledum Foundation$2,500
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,665
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$385K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Victoria Hanson (president); Nancy Ling (secretary); Sean Ayers (director); Millard Scott (vice president); Smith Michael (treasurer); Watson Tammie (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elevation Outdoor Experiential Programs Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830625018RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.