Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 107561862RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($18,153,397) as filed with the CRA.
Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $20.9M in revenue and $18.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 60 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 54 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $217K to Cranbrook Food Bank Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.7M in 2020 to $20.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Our purpose is to provide essential nourishment over 11 000 individuals in the central okanagan facing financial and food insecurity fostering dignity and hope within the community. Through compassion education and advocacy we strive to create a future where everyone has equitable access to nutritious food. The central okanagan food bank offers a range of programs to nourish uplift and empower our community. At the heart of our efforts the nutrition improvement program (nip) aims to provide all clients with access to nutritious food and resources that promote healthy eating habits. Wi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.9M | $18.2M | $15.9M | — | $2M | $15.2M |
| 2023 | $16M | $14.1M | $12.8M | — | $1.1M | $12.4M |
| 2022 | $13.9M | $11.9M | $10.9M | — | $750K | $10.5M |
| 2021 | $11M | $8.6M | $7.9M | — | $451K | $8.5M |
| 2020 | $6.7M | $5.1M | $4.9M | — | $271K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 54 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Cranbrook Food Bank Society$217K
- Lake Country Food Assistance Society$120K
- Willow Park Church Mennonite Brethren$115K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$109K
- City of Greenwood$98K
- Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society$96K
- The Lumby Food Bank Society$82K
- Peachland Food Bank Society$64K
- Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs$62K
- Boundary Community Food Bank Society$61K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch$60K
- Creston Valley Gleaners Society$59K
- Eagle Valley Community Support Society$53K
- Community Connections (revelstoke) Society$50K
- Resurrection Recovery Resource Society$42K
- Golden Food Bank Society$39K
- Kelowna Gospel Mission Society$39K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$38K
- Kamloops Food Bank Society$37K
- Metis Community Services Society of BC$36K
- The Salvation Army Okanagan Central Community Church$35K
- Turning Point Youth Services$34K
- Kaslo Community Services Society$33K
- Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank Society$32K
- Salmo Community Resource Society$32K
Received $2.7M from 60 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$770K
- Hope for the Nations$485K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$262K
- Canadahelps Canadon$211K
- Canadahelps Canadon$211K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$154K
- United Way British Columbia$126K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$90K
- Abundance Canada$78K
- Torgerson Foundation$53K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$42K
- Traine Charitable Foundation$41K
- The Calgary Foundation$33K
- Kelowna Trinity Baptist Church$32K
- Breakfast Club of Canada$16K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$14K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$11K
- Pareto Foundation$11K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- The Kristie Charitable Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,342
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,320
- Felsen Foundation$5,000
- The Merrifield Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,133
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99919 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Akaljot Gill (director); Quinton Pullen (director); Fraser Campbell (director); Jeanette Hudspeth (director); Jim Meiklejohn (director); Scot Speiser (director); Shannon Tartaglia (director); Zach Smith (director); Rhys Spencer (director); Tanja Halsall (chair); Delaney Long (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107561862RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.