SLR Society for Learning in Retirement
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 898379805RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($85,823) as filed with the CRA.
SLR Society for Learning in Retirement is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $117K in revenue and $86K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $850 in 2020, the largest being $500 to Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $19K in 2020 to $117K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providing educational programs and discussion groups. Peer participation is an important aspect. Visits to places of interest in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $117K | $86K | $21K | — | — | $183K |
| 2023 | $26K | $74K | $19K | — | — | $148K |
| 2022 | $13K | $64K | $51K | — | — | $132K |
| 2021 | $12K | $35K | $24K | — | — | $130K |
| 2020 | $19K | $39K | $27K | — | $850 | $146K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $850 to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeanette Bosch (president); Seymour Zidle (vice-president); Nancy Baillie (treasurer); Valerie Hardy (director); Deanna Matthewson (director); Joey Thompson (director); Eleanor Fox (director); Sharon Blaney (director); David Marshall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SLR Society for Learning in Retirement’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898379805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.