Cowichan District Hospital Foundation
Public foundation · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 888991197RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,294,768) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan District Hospital Foundation is a public foundation based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $385K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $529K in 2024, the largest being $529K to Vancouver Island Health Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The foundation raises money to finance the purchase of medical and diagnostic equipment for the cowichan district hospital and cairnsmore place long term care facility.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $1.3M | — | -$426K | $529K | $10.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $906K | — | $425K | $220K | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $870K | $765K | — | $294K | $249K | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $940K | — | $225K | $526K | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $765K | — | $96K | $544K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $529K to 1 qualified donee:
- Vancouver Island Health Authority$529K
Received $385K from 15 charities:
- Chemainus Health CARE Auxiliary$145K
- The Victoria Foundation$100K
- Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary$65K
- Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary$30K
- Vancouver Island Sikh Cultural Society$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,895
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- The London Drugs Foundation$1,000
- Abundance Canada$300
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$276
- The Cowichan Spiritualist Church of Healing and Light Society$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$351K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Leckie (secretary/treasurer); Judy Hill (director); Norm Jackson (director); Denise McKinlay (director); Bill Nielsen (director); Lisa Moilanen (director); Barry Waters (vice chair); Shelley Weremi (director); Richard Martinson (director); David Robertson (chair); Sherra Collett (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan District Hospital Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888991197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.