Olive Branch Playground Builders Foundation
Charitable organization · Whistler, British Columbia · BN 852810019RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,727) as filed with the CRA.
Olive Branch Playground Builders Foundation is a charitable organization based in Whistler, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $119K in revenue and $83K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 55% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Playground Builders Foundation continued building playgrounds in war-torn areas with an emphasis on Palestine (the West Bank) and Afghanistan. To date the charity has build 300 playgrounds in regions where war impacts the health and safety of children. We facilitate building playgrounds in schools community spaces and orphanages and have created play for about 2 million disadvantaged children. We ensure that the playgrounds are maintained by renewing the older and well-used playgrounds on an ongoing basis. The charity engages local people and NGO's to build and install the playgrounds t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $119K | $83K | $79K | $0 | $0 | $53K |
| 2023 | $210K | $261K | $256K | $347 | $0 | $14K |
| 2022 | $122K | $73K | $70K | — | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $51K | $85K | $81K | — | $0 | $15K |
| 2020 | $142K | $144K | $134K | $676 | — | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keith Reynolds (director); Kirby Brown (director); Michael Varin (director); Tracy Costa (director); Leslie Anthony (director); Joey Houssian (director); Basima Roshan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Olive Branch Playground Builders Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852810019RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.