Lakeside Educational Society of Kelowna
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 108188277RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($867,567) as filed with the CRA.
Lakeside Educational Society of Kelowna is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $868K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $217.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $396K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Grades k-5; 5 days per week sept-june 2. Preschool; 2 3 or 5 days per week 3. Kindercare program; 2 3 or 5 days per week 4. Parent and child program; 2 days per week
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $868K | $560K | — | — | $21K |
| 2023 | $757K | $668K | $421K | — | — | -$135K |
| 2022 | $478K | $511K | $313K | — | — | -$224K |
| 2021 | $430K | $486K | $449K | — | — | -$191K |
| 2020 | $396K | $455K | $431K | — | — | -$136K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $217 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$649K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Oksana Fodor (treasurer); Heather Brown (secretary); Patrick Oliveira (trustee at large); Stephen Cipes (trustee at large); Brad Pilling (trustee at large); Cheri Tombs (trustee); Freya Putt (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakeside Educational Society of Kelowna’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108188277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.