Comox Valley Family Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 106964075RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,474,338) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Family Services Association is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Association provides healthy support for children and families family development support and therapeutic counselling. The support and counselling is for individuals and in group environments.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $903K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $873K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $858K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $865K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $860K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Chrysler (president); Suzanne Grant (vice-president); Tracy Lawrence (secretary); Brett Walker (treasurer); Georgette Whitehead (board member); Grace Johnson (board member); Elizabeth Morris (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Family Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106964075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.