The Board of Education of School District No. 53 (Okanagan-Similkameen)
Publicly funded institution · Oliver, British Columbia · BN 893847087RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
The Board of Education of School District No. 53 (Okanagan-Similkameen) is a charitable organization based in Oliver, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $44.7M in revenue and $39.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 258 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Schools to receive cash donations for scholarships and also in kind donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44.7M | $39.6M | — | — | — | $8.5M |
| 2023 | $41M | $36M | — | — | — | $9.7M |
| 2022 | $38.1M | $34M | — | — | — | $11.8M |
| 2021 | $37.6M | $32.2M | — | — | — | $12.2M |
| 2020 | $35.2M | $30.5M | — | — | — | $11.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 9 charities:
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$7,260
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$5,500
- Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen$5,440
- Shuswap Community Foundation$2,000
- The Hindle Family Foundation$2,000
- Cawston Pastoral Charge$1,800
- Oliver Community Arts Council$1,000
- Central Okanagan Foundation$1,000
- Bhavsagar Sikh Temple Society for Oliver & Osoyoos$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions258
- Total compensation, all staff$31.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 53 (Okanagan-Similkameen)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893847087RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.