Okanagan-Similkameen Neurological Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 119066181RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,445,122) as filed with the CRA.
Okanagan-Similkameen Neurological Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, 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 $3.9M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.4M | $2.5M | $36K | — | $554K |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.2M | $40K | — | $98K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.2M | $30K | — | $205K |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $52K | — | $161K |
| 2020 | $3M | $3.3M | $2.3M | $76K | — | -$289K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stacey Gagno (board chair); Jason Michiel (treasurer); Ryu Okayama (past chair); James Rutledge (director); Chris Gibbions (director); Lisa Niedermayer (secretary); Jeff (chin Pang) Wong (director); Melia Dirk (director); Heather Rose (director); Lesley Gabriel (director); Kristin Burles (director); Gunasekar Thangaraju (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Okanagan-Similkameen Neurological Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119066181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.