Oliver Community Arts Council
Publicly funded institution · Oliver, British Columbia · BN 831587670RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($36,756) as filed with the CRA.
Oliver Community Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Oliver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $42K in revenue and $37K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to The Board of Education of School District No. 53 (Okanagan-Similkameen). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Createability (jan - june sept - dec): monthly art workshops for developmentally challenged adults 5 instructors x 30 hours each 10 volunteers x 20 hours each 2. Quail's nest open house (may) arts fair with art exhibits demonstrations sales information booths live music volunteers: 5 x 20 hours each 3. Music in the park (july-august): summer weekly concert series. 4 volunteers x 60 hours 4. Summer studio (july - august): weekly exhibits demonstrations workshops and studio activity at the quails nest arts centre. 5. Assorted arts workshop exhibits and seminars at the quail's …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42K | $37K | $27K | — | $4,920 | $471K |
| 2023 | $49K | $49K | $33K | — | $13K | $465K |
| 2022 | $63K | $51K | $33K | — | $1,100 | $466K |
| 2021 | $52K | $49K | $14K | — | $2,900 | $454K |
| 2020 | $31K | $19K | $4,678 | — | $500 | $451K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roberta Barens (vice president); Janvier Kreut (treasurer); Cheryl Andrews (secretary); Doris Kuehn (director); Colleen McCombe (director); Bernice Myllyniemi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oliver Community Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831587670RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.