North Okanagan Friendship Center Society
Publicly funded institution · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 108156118RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,049,689) as filed with the CRA.
North Okanagan Friendship Center Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The society provides various services to Aboriginal people living off reserve (urban indigenous people) Referral services Counselling services Employment programs Education programs Child & Family Support programs Drug & Alcohol programs Crisis Intervention Pregnancy Outreach Diabetes Research Youth Safehouse Youth Housing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.6M | $0 | $8,424 | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | $0 | $0 | $911K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.6M | $0 | $0 | $851K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $788K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $169K from 8 charities:
- Whitevalley Community Resource Centre$65K
- Foord Family Foundation$28K
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$25K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$20K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$19K
- Northern Legacy Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,605
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$650
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Okanagan Friendship Center Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108156118RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.