The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 108094392RR0002 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,405,205) 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 $4.2M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $483K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 59 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $84K to The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide religious education facilities and opportunities for children and adults to grow in faith and to support and direct the work of 43 parishes and missions and 7 independent schools. There are approximately 140 full time employees of which 12 work for the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson charity. The charities include assistance to independent schools education of clergy adult education teaching of catechism religious education retreat houses of prayer marriage counseling and contributions to the third world. Sponsorship of the immigration and resettlement for refugees and provi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4.4M | $1.5M | $2,675 | $1.1M | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $2.5M | $1.6M | — | $934K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $972K | $2.2M | $1.2M | — | $973K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $2.3M | $1.2M | — | $985K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $2.5M | $1.1M | — | $1.4M | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 59 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$84K
- Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix$65K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$60K
- Corpus Christi Parish$58K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$57K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$57K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$57K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$53K
- The Catholic Independent Schools of Nelson Diocese$44K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$42K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$40K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$38K
- Commissariat de Terre Sainte au Canada/commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada$35K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$32K
- The Catholic Independent Schools of Nelson Diocese$31K
- Immaculata Regional High School$29K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$27K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$23K
- Concacan Inc.$23K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$20K
- Concacan Inc.$18K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$17K
- The Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Canada English Sector$16K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$16K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$15K
Received $483K from 42 charities:
- Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Nelson Society$92K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$26K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$25K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$24K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$23K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$20K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$17K
- Corpus Christi Parish$16K
- Holy Trinity Parish - Trail$14K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$14K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$13K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$11K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$10K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$9,260
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$7,474
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$7,221
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$7,189
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$7,000
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$6,891
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$5,975
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,500
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$4,353
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$875K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Bittman (bishop of nelson); Sebastian Puthenpura (vicar general); Cerlouie Jimenez (chancellor).
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 108094392RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.