Okanagan Montessori Elementary School Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 134624667RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,538,076) as filed with the CRA.
Okanagan Montessori Elementary School Society 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $769K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a preschool daycare afterschool care and elementary school using the montessori method of teaching.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $512K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | $50 | — | $430K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $413K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $817K | $791K | — | — | $362K |
| 2020 | $769K | $566K | $536K | — | — | $80K |
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:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Jaenicke (president); Cindy Charuk (secretary); Ryan Jaenicke (director); Collette Wikenheiser (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Okanagan Montessori Elementary School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134624667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.