Whitevalley Community Resource Centre

Whitevalley Community Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Lumby, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $178K.

Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 169 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $241K in 2024, the largest being $65K to North Okanagan Friendship Center Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $773K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.