Disaster Aid Canada
Charitable organization · Ladysmith, British Columbia · BN 855922704RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($119,423) as filed with the CRA.
Disaster Aid Canada is a charitable organization based in Ladysmith, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $239K in revenue and $119K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $595K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $747K in 2020 to $239K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide humantiarian relief and aid in the form of equipment materials and funding in need locally and internationally. Funds are sent to other rotary clubs around the world to aid in local disasters.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $239K | $119K | $96K | $1,493 | — | $373K |
| 2023 | $145K | $124K | $47K | $2,932 | $38K | $254K |
| 2022 | $385K | $261K | $19K | $1,054 | $154K | $196K |
| 2021 | $295K | $433K | $234K | $2,893 | $11K | $71K |
| 2020 | $747K | $736K | $499K | $2,492 | — | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $595K from 9 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$356K
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Rotary Club of Picton Charitable Trust$14K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,017
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$427
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$52
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$14
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Elsom (president); Linda Lee Elsom (secretary); Deb Cross (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Disaster Aid Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855922704RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.