Special Olympics British Columbia Society
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 129472411RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,728,816) as filed with the CRA.
Special Olympics British Columbia Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Special Olympics British Columbia Society provides year-round sport training and competitive activities that lead to participation in regional provincial and national events providing opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities to enhance their lives and celebrate personal achievement through positive sport experiences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $4.7M | $2.7M | $1.5M | — | $11.2M |
| 2023 | $5M | $5.2M | $3.1M | $1.6M | — | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $3.6M | $1.9M | $1.3M | — | $10.4M |
| 2021 | $4M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $852K | — | $9.9M |
| 2020 | $4M | $3.8M | $2.2M | $1.1M | — | $7.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 36 charities:
- Special Olympics Canada$637K
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$192K
- Vancouver Foundation$68K
- Westminster Savings Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$37K
- Canucks for Kids Fund$16K
- Myriad Canada Foundation$16K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,025
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$5,000
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$5,000
- The Giustra Foundation$5,000
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$4,400
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$4,000
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$3,500
- The Western Communities Foundation$2,500
- Le Roi Community Foundation$2,500
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$2,500
- Vancouver Police Community Fund (vpcf)$2,000
- The Danish Lutheran Church of Vancouver B.C.$2,000
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$1,656
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ted Hirst (director); Brent Bergeron (director); Mike Campbell (secretary); Pam Keith (director); Randy Smallwood (past chair); Colin Yakashiro (chair); Donna Bilous (director); Nicola Lambrechts (vice chair); Jen Hansen (director); Leslie Stevens (director); Matthew Williams (director); Katie Stevens (director); Randip Janda (director); Kirsten McElgunn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Special Olympics British Columbia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129472411RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.