Metro Community
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 846213718RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,711,757) as filed with the CRA.
Metro Community is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations, 26% from government. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $825K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $836K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Relief of poverty: Metro Community Services operates a number of services daily. These services include: simple breakfast and lunch water access to bathrooms including showers laundry services day storage services basic first aid drop in services advocacy and referrals to case work. Advancement of Religion: Metro has successfully held weekly worship services observed Christian calendar events and various religious gathering that include music prayer bible teaching and social interaction. There was a grant received from Central Okanagan Foundation in 2022 which was continued in…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $11K | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $4,198 | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $4,182 | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $942K | $751K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $836K | $661K | $567K | $1,351 | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $825K from 23 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$181K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$135K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$131K
- Traine Charitable Foundation$108K
- Aqueduct Foundation$60K
- Krysko Family Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- The Henry and Gertrude Sawatzky Family Foundation Inc.$25K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$20K
- The Great Big Red Barn Foundation$10K
- Evangel Tabernacle of Kelowna$6,829
- BenefAction Foundation$4,000
- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia$3,000
- Courage Foundation$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church$2,500
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,800
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,084
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$805
- Abundance Canada$400
- ST. David's Presbyterian Church$400
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$981K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Butler (director); Gary Falk (treasurer); Stanley Fast (director); Jason Siebenga (board chair); Pat Groening (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Metro Community’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846213718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.