The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 108094392RR0021 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($355,102) as filed with the CRA.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $590K in revenue and $355K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $20K to The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Daily religious services assistance with renewal programs such as engaged/married couples support roman catholic families and sponsor activities for same donate funds to denomination head to support their programs religious education for parishioners of all ages support local roman catholic schools provide pastoral care spiritual direction and general counseling to sponsor the immigration & resettlement for refugees and to provide education counseling & other support services for immigration in need including language instruction employment training etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $590K | $355K | $272K | $3,376 | $20K | $680K |
| 2023 | $430K | $423K | $350K | $2,791 | $20K | $445K |
| 2022 | $388K | $278K | $216K | $468 | $16K | $438K |
| 2021 | $325K | $283K | $205K | $1,686 | $31K | $328K |
| 2020 | $419K | $327K | $204K | — | $74K | $285K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 1 qualified donee:
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$20K
Received $102K from 4 charities:
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$84K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Nelson Diocese Catholic Renewal Service$500
- My Charity Fund$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Barnes (finance chair); Patrick Huang (director); Martin Landry (director); Linda Kotulska (director); Sylvester Ibekwe (pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108094392RR0021), or read how we compute the receipt.