South Okanagan/similkameen Brain Injury Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 896149457RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,467,962) as filed with the CRA.
South Okanagan/similkameen Brain Injury Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We conduct a wide variety of programs to assist persons with brain injury or mental illness and their families as well as seniors and families in need of afforable housing in the region. We conduct skill development services to those affected by brain injury and their families. We conduct public awareness and injury prevention education sessions about the special needs of persons suffering from brain injury. We own and rent affordable subsidized apartments and town homes to persons with brain injury or mental illness to seniors and to families. We offer support services to persons with …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $3.4M | — | — | $24M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $5.2M | $5.1M | — | — | $24.2M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3M | — | — | $24.5M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $3M | $3M | — | — | $24.8M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $25.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$913K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Hosner (director); Kellie Wesley (vice president); Marlene Trenholm (secretary); Janine Cumberland (president); Kevin Porter (treasurer); Christopher McIntosh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Okanagan/similkameen Brain Injury Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896149457RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.