Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 845398775RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($358,444) as filed with the CRA.
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $389K in revenue and $358K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 64% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $255K in 2020 to $389K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Providing information about the conservation of important habitats and species at risk on your property. The society operates to cooperatively promote the voluntary stewardship of important habitat on private lands and within communities. -providing information and recognition of demostration projects and oustanding stewards in our newsletter -supporting community stewardship initiatives or groups to improve habitat in local neighbourhoods -to protect the environment for the benefit of the public by educating the public on conserving ecosystems and by conserving ecosystems through saving s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $389K | $358K | $358K | — | — | $124K |
| 2023 | $308K | $314K | $292K | — | — | $93K |
| 2022 | $277K | $284K | $264K | — | — | $99K |
| 2021 | $254K | $232K | $212K | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $255K | $239K | $217K | — | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$265K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Miles (vice-chair); Jillian Bisaro (secretary-treasurer); Melanie Piorecky (director); Margaret Holm (director); Eva Durance (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845398775RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.