Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society
Public foundation · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 864459342RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($222,542) as filed with the CRA.
Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society is a public foundation based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $143K in revenue and $223K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,894.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $82K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Braintrust Canada Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2020 to $143K in 2024.
In its own words
The society makes gifts to qualified donees such as burn funds hospital foundations disaster relief and other local charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $143K | $223K | $3,958 | $51K | $165K | $326K |
| 2023 | $651K | $314K | — | — | $168K | $393K |
| 2022 | $91K | $68K | $41K | — | $27K | $56K |
| 2021 | $25K | $19K | $8,903 | — | $9,615 | $33K |
| 2020 | $47K | $52K | $32K | — | $20K | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $82K to 14 qualified donees:
- Braintrust Canada Association$45K
- British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund$17K
- Paws it Forward Dog Rescue Society$3,700
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$3,000
- East Meets West Orphans Foundation$2,000
- Community Recreational Initiatives Society$2,000
- Okanagan Humane Society$2,000
- Helping Out People Exploited Society$2,000
- Childhood Connections-Okanagan Family & Childcare Society$2,000
- The Bridge Youth & Family Services Society$1,000
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 26$1,000
- YMCA of Southern Interior BC Association$900
- Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch$500
- Alzheimer Research Foundation of B.C.$500
Received $7,894 from 7 charities:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$6,860
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$218
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$174
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$65
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$49
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$28
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864459342RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.