SOUTH OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN MEDICAL FOUNDATION
Public foundationFoundations·550 CARMI AVENUE · PENTICTON, BC · V2A 3G6·BN 119090793RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
RAISING FUNDS FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICE FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH OKANAGAN – SIMILKAMEEN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND PATIENT CARE NEEDS
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)72%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)39%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)36.2 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$6.3M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)73%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $6.2M | — | 14% | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $4.9M | — | 5% | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $4.7M | 12¢ | 61% | 116.1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $4.1M | 36¢ | 43% | 26.4 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $3.6M | 19¢ | 52% | 61 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $6.3M | 28¢ | 39% | 36.2 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceD+
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 11 of 12at arm's length
- BIRD, CAROLEDIRECTORarm's length
- BOWLAND, MARKDIRECTORarm's length
- HATTON, GARDIRECTORarm's length
- LITTLE, CHRISDIRECTORarm's length
- PALBERG, HEATHERDIRECTORarm's length
- RIKHI, RAMESHDIRECTORarm's length
- SMIRLE, JAMESDIRECTORarm's length
- STEELE, PETERBOARD CHAIRarm's length
- UNRUH, LORRAINEDIRECTORarm's length
- VANDEN POL, TARATREASURERarm's length
- MCGINLEY, CHRISTINE CMDIRECTORarm's length
- WHEELER, GREGDIRECTOR
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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