Okanagan College
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 857037576RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($146,995,340) as filed with the CRA.
Okanagan College is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $147.9M in revenue and $147M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $908K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $300,000–349,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 897 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $159K in 2024, the largest being $159K to Okanagan College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Okanagan College (OC) provides a wide variety of educational programs in career continuing education degree developmental trades technology arts science business health university transfer and vocational disciplines. Annual fundraising events raise money to support college programming and students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $147.9M | $147M | $130.3M | $11K | $159K | $22M |
| 2023 | $125.3M | $126.3M | $111.9M | $81K | $367K | $23.8M |
| 2022 | $119.2M | $119.7M | $106.1M | $5,595 | $85K | $25.9M |
| 2021 | $115.9M | $115.8M | $101.9M | $705 | $421K | $26.6M |
| 2020 | $123.6M | $123.2M | $109.7M | $37K | $792K | $25M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $159K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $908K from 12 charities:
- Okanagan College Foundation$794K
- Central Okanagan Bursary and Scholarship Society$116K
- CWB Welding Foundation$84K
- United Way British Columbia$24K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$16K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$9,332
- Enactus Canada$7,000
- Central Okanagan Foundation$4,000
- ASTTBC Foundation$3,800
- Le Roi Community Foundation$350
- Canadahelps Canadon$192
- The Lawson Foundation-$150K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions897
- Total compensation, all staff$108.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neil Fassina (president); Dale Safinuk (board chair/member/appointed); Andrea Alexander (member / appointed); Joann Fowler (board member / appointed); Tina Lee (board member / appointed); Dustyn Baulkham (board member/appointed); Cindy Battersby (board member/appointed); Jillian Garrett (board member/edco chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Okanagan College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857037576RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.