Vernon Upper Room Mission Society
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 108163320RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,210,499) as filed with the CRA.
Vernon Upper Room Mission Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $292K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $588K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide hot meals three (3) times per day five days per week to those in need. Prepare and provide food hampers pastoral care free clothing and shoes teach life skills and teach computer skills. Operate a boutique/thrift store as a steady revenue source to support the above noted operations. Providing winter shelter to those in need of a warm place to sleep during the cold months of the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $17K | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $915K | $843K | $565K | $2,013 | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $781K | $767K | $412K | $1,342 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $762K | $507K | $300K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $588K | $500K | $260K | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $292K from 20 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$28K
- Vernon Alliance Church$11K
- Foord Family Foundation$11K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- Mara Community Church (inter-Denominational)$5,850
- East Hill Community Reformed Church$2,628
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,895
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$1,500
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,250
- Alexis Park Church$1,200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,087
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops Our Lady of the Valley Parish$1,000
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops ST. James Parish$1,000
- The Kebzeh Foundation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$336
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$84
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$800K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lars Glimhagen (treasurer/director); Jake Spoor (chairman); Teija Wakeman (secretary); Trevor Cairns (director); Mark Engelage (director); Richard Frost (director); Rochelle Schartner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vernon Upper Room Mission Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108163320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.