Columbia Valley Food Bank
Charitable organization · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 888719010RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,505) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Valley Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Invermere, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $397K in revenue and $251K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $204K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Volunteers distribute food hampers to help feed senior adults families and children. - Funding for Food Learning Programs and Health Eating Programs for Grade School and Early Learning centers. - Provide emergency food hampers in crisis situations. - Assist the Invermere Safe Home program to provide food for families using this shelter. - Programs concentrating on enhancing Food Recovery and Reclamation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $397K | $251K | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $322K | $194K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $283K | $169K | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $208K | $124K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $390K | $115K | — | $894 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $204K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Food Banks British Columbia$41K
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$11K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$6,283
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- The Read Family Foundation$5,000
- Invermere Health CARE Auxiliary Society$2,500
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$2,488
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$998
- BenefAction Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$51K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Ladas (director); J Eileen Bilodeau (chair); Dawn Attrop (secretary); Leah Brainard (director); Luc Branch (director); Jette Sorensen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Valley Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888719010RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.