The Lower Similkameen Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Keremeos, British Columbia · BN 107646556RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,168,162) as filed with the CRA.
The Lower Similkameen Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Keremeos, 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 $8.3M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
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 96% 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 81 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $8.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Assited living apartments senior rental units supportive housing apartments community action program for children child & youth mental health children who witness abuse counselling family support adult mental health drop in art connect for seniors family literacy including english as a second language stopping the viloence women's counselling victim services volunteer coordination for meals on wheels volunteer coordination for friendly visitor program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $4.2M | $4.2M | — | — | $7M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.2M | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions81
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Mennell (chair); Linda Alton (director); Timothy Guthrie (treasurer); Karen Sherbina (director); Selena Despres (secretary); Gail Strandberg (director); Judy McRae (director); Lawrence Hunter (director); Tania Van de Voss (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lower Similkameen Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107646556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.