Chemainus Harvest House Society
Charitable organization · Chemainus, British Columbia · BN 859755316RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($261,592) as filed with the CRA.
Chemainus Harvest House Society is a charitable organization based in Chemainus, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $377K in revenue and $262K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $507K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $89K in 2020 to $377K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide food to those less fortunate on a weekly basis. We provide food for the school breakfast programs at both chemainus and crofton elementary schools. We provide christmas hampers to those in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377K | $262K | $245K | $949 | — | $546K |
| 2023 | $199K | $137K | $123K | $294 | — | $430K |
| 2022 | $161K | $78K | $64K | $1,018 | — | $368K |
| 2021 | $244K | $64K | $54K | $1,283 | — | $286K |
| 2020 | $89K | $63K | $47K | — | — | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $507K from 16 charities:
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$250K
- Nanaimo Community Foundation$70K
- Food Banks British Columbia$55K
- Cowichan Valley Basket Society$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$17K
- Chemainus Health CARE Auxiliary$10K
- Chemainus Health CARE Foundation$3,426
- The Victoria Foundation$3,000
- Crofton Community Centre Society$2,155
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,591
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- First West Foundation$677
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$108
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marlene Hayes (treasurer); Marjorie Miller (secretary); Margaret McPherson (director); Jason Farrugia (chair); Judy Ann Lynn Istace (director); Susan Lee Roe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chemainus Harvest House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859755316RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.