The Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Penticton, British Columbia · BN 806687182RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($561,556) as filed with the CRA.
The Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Penticton, 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 $551K in revenue and $562K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 72% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the society is to advance education by operting a sensory aware alernate education centre for school-aged children living with high functioning autism
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $551K | $562K | $170K | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $470K | $457K | $150K | — | — | $177K |
| 2022 | $473K | $500K | $131K | — | — | $164K |
| 2021 | $534K | $458K | $143K | $81 | — | $190K |
| 2020 | $469K | $430K | $136K | $6,525 | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$392K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jillian Sanders (vice chair); Janice Ostman (director); Abigail May Winstone (director); Lorna Waithman (director); Laura Pidperyhora (director); Brian Cell (president chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806687182RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.