North Okanagan Hospice Society
Publicly funded institution · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 108170648RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,219,837) as filed with the CRA.
North Okanagan Hospice Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $4.2M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
North Okanagan Hospice House ('NOHS') provide end-of-life care for all clients. SErvices include: - operate 12 beds provide palliative and respite care services - grief and bereavement services - volunteer community outreach services - advocacy and community education for quality end-of-life - teaching and practicum student partnerships with universities - healthcare professional partnership with Interior Health Authority - free webinars on end-of-life issues for anyone in need - living well / dying well workshops to promote advance care planning to provide caregiver support…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $3.2M | $1.9M | $129K | — | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2.8M | $1.9M | $175K | $0 | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.6M | — | $93K | — | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $93K | — | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $2M | $84K | — | $5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 17 charities:
- Foord Family Foundation$740K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$87K
- Canadahelps Canadon$77K
- Canadahelps Canadon$77K
- MR. and MRS. P.a. Woodward's Foundation$67K
- Vancouver Foundation$46K
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$32K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,826
- The Interior Provincial Exhibition Association Armstrong B.C.$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,200
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,060
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$306
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$250
- Mara Community Church (inter-Denominational)$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Landry (past president); Bruce Shepherd (president); Iain Butler (treasurer); Lisa Matthews (executive director); Allison Guld (vice president); Diane Edlund (director); Keri Steele (director); Mark Zaino (director); Bob Paddon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Okanagan Hospice Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108170648RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.