Canadian Veterans Services Society
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 761280130RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,952,251) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Veterans Services Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 47 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $527K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $723K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The charity oeprates 4 food bank warehouses across alberta and british columbia. Canadian veteran services society strives to support all military and first responder personnel by providing reliable and free food used clothing items therapy services job board and training opportunities short term financial assistance laundry services other donated items and a tax clinic. The charity also provides cabins to stay at free of charge at a 142 acre retreat for veterans and first responders
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | $50K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $910K | $861K | $15K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $451K | $398K | $295K | $10K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $723K | $281K | $221K | — | — | $781K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $527K from 47 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$96K
- Canadahelps Canadon$96K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$76K
- BenefAction Foundation$47K
- Abundance Canada$36K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$23K
- David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation$20K
- McCreath Foundation$20K
- Aqueduct Foundation$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Molsberry Private Foundation$10K
- First Church of Christ Scientist$7,500
- Matt Campbell Family Foundation$6,000
- The Cardinal Foundation$5,000
- Cidel Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- The Bridgeworks Hope to the World Foundation$4,000
- The Calgary Foundation$3,429
- Taback Charitable Foundation$3,000
- The Good Shepherd Community Church of Calgary (moravian)$3,000
- Carthy Foundation$3,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$2,732
- The Foundation for Seniors' CARE-Hearts of Excellence$2,500
- British Columbia/yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation$2,500
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$397K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Fullerton; Elizabeth Jacobson (secretary); Sheri Langen; Karen Postill (treasurer); Allan Reid (president); Mary Reid.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Veterans Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 761280130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.