Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society
Charitable organization · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 849847082RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($899,304) as filed with the CRA.
Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $899K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 32% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $89K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $346K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The society provides soup and other lunch items to children at schools within the chilliwack school district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $899K | $702K | $34K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $878K | $751K | $686K | $60K | — | $902K |
| 2022 | $849K | $497K | $447K | $42K | — | $775K |
| 2021 | $595K | $370K | $331K | $24K | — | $423K |
| 2020 | $346K | $306K | $264K | $30K | — | $199K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $89K from 12 charities:
- Main Street Church Society$50K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$15K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 33 (Chilliwack)$4,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,613
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,044
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,803
- The Calgary Foundation$2,784
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$168
- United Way of Calgary and Area$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$271K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Veenstra Chris (vice-president); Brittany Corwin (director); Kevin Lehman (secretary); Chris Csoka (president); Marcus Van Reeuwyk (treasurer); Everett Worth (director); Gary Burr (director); Avril Brooks (director); Andrew Unruh (director); Brooke Janzen (director); Justin Mallard (director); Karena Conrad (director); Luke Zacharias (director); Paul Donaldson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849847082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.