Cowichan Valley Basket Society
Charitable organization · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 834113144RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,301,349) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan Valley Basket Society is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $498K.
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 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $176K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $513K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Daily the food bank provides hot meals served from 10am to 1pm providing of monthly and easy food hampers and emergency food hamper. Providing support system for those who request assistance with accessing local services association with like program in the valley
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1M | $3,937 | $212K | $834K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $943K | $665K | $0 | $197K | $902K |
| 2022 | $787K | $798K | $562K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $677K | $615K | $449K | $685 | $160K | $877K |
| 2020 | $513K | $310K | $2.9B | $923 | $8,000 | $828K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $176K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $498K from 24 charities:
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$145K
- Food Banks British Columbia$136K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$60K
- The Victoria Foundation$30K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$30K
- ST Edward's Parish and Missions$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,911
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- Christian Brethren of Duncan$3,600
- Duncan Christian Reformed Church$2,845
- First West Foundation$2,132
- New Life Community Baptist Church$2,000
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,492
- City Gate Church$1,250
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$1,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$796
- Cowichan Valley Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$500
- Christian Science Society Duncan$500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$29
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$509K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Burrows (director); Sam Clarence (band rep); Lee Smith (director); John Dufuis (director); Richard Currie (chairperson); Henry Wikkerink (manager); Chris Waddell (director); Tracy Clements (treasurer); Alan Brakefield (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan Valley Basket Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834113144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.