Kalamalka Starfish Society
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 760995274RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($172,456) as filed with the CRA.
Kalamalka Starfish Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $172K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
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 70% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Approximately one in five children in BC live in poverty and often go more than a full day without eating a healthy meal. The Starfish Backpack Program is working to address food insecurity one child at a time. Food insecurity occurs when there is a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active healthy life. This insecurity is often due to financial constraints that families across Canada are facing. Greater Vernon area families also experience this insecurity. About a third of those who access food banks in Vernon are under the age of 18. The Starfish Pack Program provides a kn…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $172K | $164K | $2,967 | $0 | $301K |
| 2023 | $96K | $94K | $94K | — | — | $314K |
| 2022 | $330K | $19K | $19K | — | — | $311K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | $5 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 11 charities:
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$35K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Sutherland Foundation Inc$5,000
- Armstrong Spallumcheen Healthcare Auxiliary$5,000
- The Gordon and Jean Steele Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,934
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,290
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$1,500
- Knox Presbyterian Church$1,353
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$337
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Gibbons (treasurer); Chelsea Kidd (secretary); Peter Evans (director); Mary Jackson (president); Darryl O'Brian (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kalamalka Starfish Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 760995274RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.