South Okanagan Women in Need Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 129987665RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,769,084) as filed with the CRA.
South Okanagan Women in Need Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $3.6M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $513K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operate a transition house for women and children who experience abuse provide support and advocate to women (and their children) who experiecne abuse. Provide individual and communtiy education to work toward prevention of violence and abuse. We provide support to women that want to exit from the sex trade industry second stage housing program & iha overdose prevention program. Community based victim services stop the violence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.2M | $14K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $13K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $9,439 | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $3M | $11K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $9,931 | — | $936K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $513K from 21 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$151K
- Canadahelps Canadon$151K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$105K
- Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen$46K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$34K
- The Great Big Red Barn Foundation$9,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,659
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Cawston Pastoral Charge$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Fondation RONA$1,698
- Christian Science Society Penticton B.C.$1,000
- Spence Family Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$888
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$651
- Abundance Canada$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$291
- Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay$100
- ST. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Summerland British Columbia Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Baptiste (director); Sydney Bell (director); Natalie Ferebee (director); Nancy Folkestad (treasurer); Christina McEwen (director); Tracy Van Raes (director); Holly Wakeman (director); Sarah Wingfield (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Okanagan Women in Need Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129987665RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.