West Kelowna Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · West Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 722799525RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,397,081) as filed with the CRA.
West Kelowna Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in West Kelowna, 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 May 31, 2021, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 1,422 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The society's goal is to provide immedicate needs for overnight accommodation basic nutrition and hygiene for west kelowna homeless.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $51K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $52K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$972K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Kelowna Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 722799525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.