Fraser Valley Gleaners Society
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 890069529RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,965,452) as filed with the CRA.
Fraser Valley Gleaners Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $193K.
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 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $884K in 2024, the largest being $280K to FH Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Collect process and distribute produce to some of the hungry of the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $956K | $26K | $885K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.1M | $31K | $733K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $799K | $14K | $547K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $692K | $12K | $538K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $497K | $28K | $555K | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $884K to 17 qualified donees:
- FH Canada$280K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$197K
- Global Aid Network$117K
- Compassionate Resource Warehouse$84K
- North Okanagan Valley Gleaners Society$73K
- Worldserve Ministries Inc.$55K
- Hungry for Life International$41K
- Okanagan Gleaners$25K
- Iglesia Evangelica Hispana de Medicine Hat$5,576
- New West Community Church$2,322
- God's Light Christian Fellowship$1,034
- Emblaze Training Association$1,033
- Seeds of Love and Hope International Society$828
- Education Without Boundaries$361
- Imani Orphan Care Foundation$206
- Timotheos Foundation Canada$92
- Lions Gate Christian Academy Association$79
Received $193K from 23 charities:
- Abundance Canada$70K
- Seacliff Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$15K
- New West Community Baptist Church$14K
- Canada Gives$11K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Baric Foundation$5,000
- Gateway Community Christian Reformed Church$3,155
- Evangelical Chinese Bible Church$3,000
- Rooke Foundation$2,115
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,065
- Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship$2,000
- Arlin Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Reformed Church of Abbotsford B C$1,401
- The First Christian Reformed Church of New Westminster B.C.$1,250
- BenefAction Foundation$1,200
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$584
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- Christian Stewardship Services$500
- First West Foundation$304
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$259K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Sears (prwsident); Arden Thomas (secretary); Gerald Moews (director); Ken Redekop (director); Marilyn Lick (director); Randal Bartsch (director); Margaret Wikkerink (director); Ryan Friesen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fraser Valley Gleaners Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890069529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.