Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 107861270RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $429K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 57% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $135K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $267K in 2020 to $429K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide Tutoring to illiterate and unemployed Promote LIteracy through Community Awareness Family Literacy Digital Literacy for Seniors Reading Support Program for Children in grades 1-4 Summer Reading Program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $429K | — | — | — | — | $136K |
| 2023 | $322K | $355K | $349K | $12K | — | $87K |
| 2022 | $296K | $326K | $323K | $5,999 | — | $121K |
| 2021 | $333K | $291K | $274K | $2,058 | — | $148K |
| 2020 | $267K | $342K | $325K | $3,465 | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $135K from 11 charities:
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$44K
- The Colin & Lois Pritchard Foundation$25K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$15K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- The Belmont Foundation$10K
- First West Foundation$10K
- Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation$3,500
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Urban Systems Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$229
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$279K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlene Covington (past president); Jane Cartwright (president); Doug Manning (director); Carolyn Labun (secretary); Adrienne Skinner (director); Joanne Grindley (vice president/treasurer); Shandi Schwartz (director); Becca Dickson (director); Ellen Burdett (director); Rick Maddison (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107861270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.