Galiano Affordable Living Initiative Society
Charitable organization · Galiano Island, British Columbia · BN 740940739RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,271) as filed with the CRA.
Galiano Affordable Living Initiative Society is a charitable organization based in Galiano Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $221K in revenue and $29K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 8% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
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 49% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2022 to $221K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Relief of poverty: in the planning and development phase of building affordable housing units on galiano island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $221K | $29K | $26K | $3,594 | — | $275K |
| 2023 | $27K | $37K | $34K | — | $0 | $376K |
| 2022 | $41K | $28K | $28K | — | $0 | $342K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Hoebel (chair); Barbara Grehan (treasurer); Terry Bottomley (director); George Harris (director); Joanne Randle (vice-chair); Geoff Inverarity (director); John Kidder (secretary); Elizabeth May (director); Diane Laronde (director); Tito Martin-Nemtin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Galiano Affordable Living Initiative Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 740940739RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.