Comox Valley Community Foundation
Public foundation · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 894354398RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,745,763) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.6M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 78 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $195K to Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Qualifying disbursements are issued to qualified donees and grantee organizations primarily to organizations operating within the Comox Valley region of British Columbia. Workshops and training are offered to enhance the capacity of qualified donees and grantee organizations operating within the Comox Valley region of British Columbia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.7M | $197K | $45K | $1.3M | $18.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $1.2M | $174K | $48K | $742K | $16.4M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.1M | $122K | $53K | $730K | $16M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $111K | $47K | $1.2M | $14.5M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1M | $6,015 | $42K | $748K | $12.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 78 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation$195K
- Lush Valley Food Action Society$117K
- Comox Valley Hospice Society$91K
- North Island College Foundation Trust Fund$77K
- Comox Valley Family Services Association$67K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 71 (Comox Valley)$50K
- Cumberland Community Schools Society$36K
- Comox Valley Project Watershed Society$35K
- Wachiay Friendship Centre Society$35K
- Senior Support Society North Vancouver Island$32K
- Fanny Bay Community Association$29K
- Comox Valley Head Injury Society$27K
- Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry Society$25K
- Eureka Support Society$25K
- Sid Williams Theatre Society$23K
- The Community Justice Centre of the Comox Valley Society$21K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$21K
- Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association$20K
- Action on Homelessness Society$20K
- City of Courtenay - Adapted and Inclusive Programs$20K
- Comox Valley Child Development Association$20K
- Comox Bay Care Society$19K
- North Island College$17K
- Courtenay Elementary Community School Society$15K
- Beaufort Watershed Stewards$14K
Received $2.6M from 10 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$2.2M
- Community Foundations of Canada$396K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The Victoria Foundation$11K
- London Community Foundation$10K
- Fairbairn Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,584
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,770
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$146
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$270K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Russell Tibbles (director); Craig Rennison (director); Judith Marriott (treasurer); Judy Moore (director); Selen Tiryakioglu (director); Judy Village (director); Jen Wrye (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894354398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.