North Okanagan Social Planning Society
Publicly funded institution · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 129899563RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($298,676) as filed with the CRA.
North Okanagan Social Planning Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $312K in revenue and $299K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $207K in 2020 to $312K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Community projects include affordable housing homelessness strategies food security programs and other community based programs as implemented.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $312K | $299K | $235K | — | — | $135K |
| 2023 | $292K | $283K | $197K | — | — | $128K |
| 2022 | $287K | $275K | $222K | — | — | $119K |
| 2021 | $219K | $207K | $154K | — | — | $109K |
| 2020 | $207K | $201K | $165K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$132K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Bowering (secretary); Mike Champigny (chair); Brad Steinbart (treasurer); Lisa Church (director); Morgan Kirzinger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Okanagan Social Planning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129899563RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.