Cowichan Lake Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Lake Cowichan, British Columbia · BN 106990526RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($717,841) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan Lake Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Lake Cowichan, 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 $772K in revenue and $718K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $114K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Drop in activity center meals on wheels benefit services hamper collection and distribution for christmas to local families community van family strengthening program assessment counselling summer camp program for youth employment counselling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $772K | $718K | $718K | — | — | $630K |
| 2023 | $624K | $663K | $663K | — | — | $576K |
| 2022 | $587K | $638K | $635K | — | — | $611K |
| 2021 | $816K | $811K | $626K | — | — | $661K |
| 2020 | $758K | $733K | $565K | — | — | $656K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $114K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$457K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan Lake Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106990526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.