Swazi Kids Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 883615205RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($277,343) as filed with the CRA.
Swazi Kids Society 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 $293K in revenue and $277K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 64% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society works primarily in rural areas of eswatini paying the cost of tuition clothes and school supplies so that children from poor families can attend primary and secondary school. For those students who graduate the society financially supports their post-secondary education often assisting with scholarships and living expenses. The society has also provided micro-financing for women to develop small businesses. It funds one eswatini-based employee to provide counseling and mentoring services and financial oversight of the society's operations. The society funds and provides volu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $293K | $277K | $241K | $4,911 | — | $131K |
| 2023 | $226K | $180K | $156K | $4,912 | — | $115K |
| 2022 | $199K | $222K | $196K | $3,179 | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $216K | $176K | $153K | $801 | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $217K | $199K | $174K | $149 | — | $52K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$35K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Carlson (president); Bruce Carlson (vice president); Gary Matich (treasurer); Sean Wheeler (director); Constance Olsheski (secretary); Kathryn Robb (director); Amalia Ploszanski (director); Danielle Burton (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Swazi Kids Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883615205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.