John Howard Society of Okanagan & Kootenay
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 131538118RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,971,200) as filed with the CRA.
John Howard Society of Okanagan & Kootenay is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $15.6M in revenue and $14M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $159K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 168 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.2M in 2020 to $15.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Supportive housing & shelter adult restorative justice forensic psychiatric outreach services outreach and community inclusion community housing skills training programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.6M | $14M | $13.7M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $13.8M | $13.7M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $12.9M | $13.1M | $13.1M | — | — | -$127K |
| 2021 | $12.8M | $12.3M | $12.3M | — | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $8.9M | $8.9M | — | — | -$363K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $159K from 8 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$104K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,880
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$4,707
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,525
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,254
- Interior British Columbia Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends$400
- Link Charity Canada Inc$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions168
- Total compensation, all staff$9.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Henri Cullinan (board member); Mike Woodroff (board treasurer); Pam Moore (board member); Mary Kathleen Ruth (board member); Alan Clay (board member); Mary Butterfield (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Howard Society of Okanagan & Kootenay’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131538118RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.