District 69 Society of Organized Services
Charitable organization · Parksville, British Columbia · BN 107021537RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,039,824) as filed with the CRA.
District 69 Society of Organized Services is a charitable organization based in Parksville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 15% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $574K.
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 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $60 in 2024, the largest being $60 to Sparc BC. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. Christmas Program - distribute food/gift cards toys 2. Counseling Program - assess refer provide financial assistance for professional counselling services 3. Emergency Assistance Program - provide fuel food clothing prescriptions household goods and referrals 4. Meals on Wheels - deliver hot meals 3 times per week to elderly sick and shut-ins 5. Medical Transportation - provide transportation to medical appointments 6. Recreation Assistance - provide financial assistance to youth and children to attend recreational programs 7. Haven House - provide and maintain physical premi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5M | $4.3M | $391K | $60 | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $4.7M | $4M | $351K | — | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $156K | — | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3M | $2.6M | $109K | — | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4.3M | $4M | $25K | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60 to 1 qualified donee:
- Sparc BC$60
Received $574K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$165K
- Canadahelps Canadon$165K
- United Way British Columbia$150K
- The Seasted Foundation$30K
- Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundation$23K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,861
- Canada Gives$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,380
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,166
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$950
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$551
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$381
- Cocks Family Foundation$300
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$262
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Ruffell (chair); Brandon Charlesworth (secretary/treasurer); Michael Cochrane (director); Andrea Manson (director); Sally Hamel (director); Karen Corkery (director); Andrew Lane (director); Moira Rosser (director); Bonnie Wallis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from District 69 Society of Organized Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107021537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.