Comox Valley Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 891365348RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,982,846) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $878K.
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 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $89K in 2024, the largest being $27K to Comox Valley Transition Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty by operating a food bank that distributes food and other necessities to persons of low income Supporting local programs that provide meals for those experiencing food insecurity Food Rescue from local vendors Over 20 volunteers assist in delivering our program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4M | $2.7M | $0 | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $2.9M | $2.7M | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $827K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $89K to 10 qualified donees:
- Comox Valley Transition Society$27K
- Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Society$12K
- Cumberland Community Schools Society$11K
- Denman Island Community Education Society$11K
- Hornby Island Educational Society$11K
- Eureka Support Society$5,413
- Alano Club of Courtenay$5,412
- Courtenay Elementary Community School Society$2,164
- Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS)$2,164
- Lake Trail Community Education Society$2,164
Received $878K from 29 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$248K
- Canadahelps Canadon$248K
- Food Banks British Columbia$210K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$49K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$44K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- United Way British Columbia$15K
- Auxiliary Society for Comox Valley Healthcare$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,090
- Times Colonist Christmas Fund Society$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,200
- The Victoria Foundation$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,300
- Big Wheel Community Foundation$2,000
- The Illahie Foundation$2,000
- Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation$1,863
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$1,400
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,275
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,215
- Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart-CFB Comox$1,200
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Courtenay British Columbia$680
- ST Michael & All Angels Protestant Chapel$500
- Tibetan Bon Buddhist Society$500
- Shepherd of the Valley$500
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$356K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Ashcroft (treasurer); Bob Wilhelm (president); Marilyn Tyler (director at large); Marion Logan (vice president); Leslie Baird (director at large); Lois Haines (director at large); Alicia Reny (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891365348RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.