Penticton & District Multicultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 895335230RR0002 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,796,175) as filed with the CRA.
Penticton & District Multicultural Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $107K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $998K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society provides services to immigrants settling in the south okanagan region of bc. The society maintains a database of interpretors and translators and provides english as a second language for adults. The society also provides information and social programs for new and old immigrants. The new horizon services matches immigrants seniors to immigrant youth to the benefit of all. They are set up to offer services in penticton bc and the surrounding communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $987K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $878K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $998K | $969K | $805K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $107K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Jakubeit (director); Paul Makosz (treasurer); Tahira Saeed (secretary); Jeffery Dias (director); Bruce Tawse (president); Fatima Al-Boubaiai (vice president); Zulma Garcia (director); Barry Grace (director); Colette Stoof (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Penticton & District Multicultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895335230RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.