Special Olympics British Columbia Society

3701 Hastings Street, Unit 210
Burnaby, BC V5C 2H6
President & CEO: Dan Howe
Board Chair: Randy Smallwood

Charitable Reg. #:12947 2411 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 4/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

B

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

n/r

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

82%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 82 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Special Olympics British Columbia Society:

Special Olympics British Columbia is a 4-star charity. It has a B Results Reporting Score which is average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range, although it reports no fundraising costs in its financial statements. The charity’s reserves can cover program costs for two years and six months, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 1982, Special Olympics British Columbia (SOBC) organizes competitive sports for people with intellectual disabilities in BC. There are nearly 51,000 citizens with intellectual disabilities across the province. SOBC runs one main Sports program. It also runs the SOBC Health program. The charity spent $2.7m on its programs in the fiscal year ending in June (F2024). It did not break down program spending between programs.

The Sports program organizes a variety of competitive sports, both summer and winter. Special Olympics (global) has a four-year competition cycle. SOBC hosts regional qualifiers and provincial games which can lead athletes to the world games. The charity offers youth sports programing for kids aged two to eleven to help them develop motor and sport skills. In F2024, SOBC ran 54 youth programs and hosted 45 regional qualifiers.

The SOBC Health program does health screenings on athletes with intellectual disabilities. The program did four health screenings in F2024.

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Results and Impact

Special Olympics British Columbia says that 29% of caregivers said the health screenings detected a medical concern of which they were not aware. While Ci highlights these results, they may not completely represent SOBC’s results and impact.

SOBC is not yet rated on impact. This is shown as n/r and does not affect the star rating.

 
 

 

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Finances

Special Olympics British Columbia received $2.6m in donations and special events revenue in F2024, which is 72% of revenue. The charity got $655k in government funding and $336k in investment income.

It spent $2.7m on its programs, which is 75% of revenue. SOBC ran a surplus of $310k (9% of revenue). The charity spent $582k on fundraising and admin costs, which 18% of revenue (less investment income). For every dollar donated to the charity, 82 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci's reasonable range, but SOBC did not report any fundraising costs in its financial statements.

SOBC has $7.8m in its reserves (cash and investments) of which $1.2m is externally endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, its reserves can cover program costs for two years and six months. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Updated on June 10, 2025 by Joshua Leduc.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending June
202420232022
Fundraising & admin costs as % of revenues 17.8%15.4%15.5%
Total overhead spending 17.8%15.4%15.5%
Program cost coverage (%) 250.7%192.6%263.6%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202420232022
Donations 1,019,9001,232,465306,654
Government funding 655,458699,773838,471
Fees for service 9,3117,0313,034
Lotteries (net) 4,3150129,271
Special events 1,573,6571,727,0851,777,590
Investment income 335,626195,646(38,948)
Total revenues 3,598,2673,862,0003,016,072
Program costs 2,706,9733,311,5342,168,134
Fundraising & administrative costs 581,520563,019473,428
Total spending 3,288,4933,874,5532,641,562
Cash flow from operations 309,774(12,553)374,510
Capital spending 000
Funding reserves 7,815,6537,332,4567,165,303

Note: 1. Ci adjusted for deferred funding which affected donations by $23k in F2024, $162k in F2023, and ($325k) in F2022. 2. Ci included unrealized investment gains (losses) which affected revenue by $103k in F2024, $54k in F2023, and ($227k) in F2022.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 24

Avg. compensation: $76,595

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
1
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
6
$40k - $80k
3
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: specialolympics.bc.ca
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 604-737-3078

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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001