Friends in the West
Charitable organization · Langley, British Columbia · BN 118785336RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,849) as filed with the CRA.
Friends in the West is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, it reported $55K in revenue and $12K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,072 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $536K in 2020 to $55K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The Organization operates to help the poor and needy in Canada and throughout the world both spiritually and materially through the provision of leased office premises and bus to its related party Music for Life Institute.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $55K | $12K | $4,753 | — | — | $961K |
| 2021 | $18K | $15K | $153 | — | — | $923K |
| 2020 | $536K | $20K | $19K | — | — | $920K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Raymond Barnett (director); Suzanne Nelson (secretary/treasurer); Alex Palmer (president).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends in the West’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118785336RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.