Barriere & District Food Bank Society
Publicly funded institution · Barriere, British Columbia · BN 827367293RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,518) as filed with the CRA.
Barriere & District Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Barriere, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $109K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 1,890 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 reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide healthy food hampers to those in need in barriere & district service area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $109K | $109K | — | — | $354K |
| 2023 | $74K | $79K | $59K | — | — | $338K |
| 2022 | $59K | $61K | $37K | — | — | $215K |
| 2021 | $42K | $51K | $29K | — | $0 | $226K |
| 2020 | $75K | $58K | $36K | — | — | $340K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Burkholder (director); Lisa Carriou (director); Milt Kruger (director); Patricia Niezen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barriere & District Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827367293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.