Central Okanagan Search & Rescue Society

It took in $769,211 more than it spent, and retained the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.

This filing does not add up. The reported components come to $514,369, more than the $423,489 total they are supposed to be part of, so no proportional breakdown is shown. The figures above are exactly as the charity filed them. This is a data-entry problem in the return, and not in itself a finding about the organisation.

This charity did not report a fundraising figure. That is not the same as zero. Only one charity in five reports a fundraising figure at all, and the return does not require it.

Central Okanagan Search & Rescue Society reported spending 117.5% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 271 charities registered under protective health care that reported the same line for 2024, the middle of the range is 90.0%, and this charity sits at the 98th percentile — above 98% of them.

That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.