North Okanagan Community Life Society
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 107783433RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($542,912) as filed with the CRA.
North Okanagan Community Life Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $395K in revenue and $543K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,511.
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 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $174K in 2020 to $395K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing support services to family members of people with physical and cognitive disabilities as well as individuals with disablities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $395K | $543K | $161K | $23K | — | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $292K | $567K | $145K | $24K | — | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $745K | $462K | $315K | $9,563 | — | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $719K | $453K | $308K | $3,171 | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $174K | $413K | $267K | $4,493 | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,511 from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$333K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teresa Bartel (director); Carol Douglas (director); Amanda Lennard (director); Brian Martin (director); Cindy Masters (director); Sean Wayne Watson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Okanagan Community Life Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107783433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.