Cowichan Social Planning Society
Charitable organization · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 861757581RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($213,097) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan Social Planning Society is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $464K in revenue and $213K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $217K in 2020 to $464K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Community based research and reporting research reconciliation programs and projects climate change research and projects living wage workshop delivery poverty ans related impact/ economic / social drivers / and impacts stigma and other community based research and projects / programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $464K | $213K | — | — | $1,330 | $61K |
| 2023 | $9,955 | $427K | — | — | — | -$113K |
| 2022 | $313K | — | — | — | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $159K | $184K | $24K | — | — | -$14K |
| 2020 | $217K | $191K | $38K | — | — | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 2 charities:
- Makeway Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,442
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$237K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Micheal Lait (chair); Jane Worton (secretary / treasurer); Sierra Harvey (director); Nora Arajs (vice chair); David Reay.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan Social Planning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861757581RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.