Golden Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Golden, British Columbia · BN 881911010RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($844,170) as filed with the CRA.
Golden Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Golden, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $872K in revenue and $844K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 17% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $191K.
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 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $409K in 2020 to $872K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The society operates a food bank and is engaged in food security work in golden bc. Their programs provide low barrier food access and food literacy skills to residents of golden and area a. The society is funded through a combination of grants monetary donations in-kind donations and program & event revenue. 1. Food bank program - provides residents experiencing food insecurity with hampers of fresh food and pantry staples. Hampers of food are packed by recipients through a client-choice shopping model. Delivery is provided for people who face barriers to visiting the food bank in person…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $872K | $844K | $801K | — | — | $259K |
| 2023 | $708K | $744K | $504K | — | — | $232K |
| 2022 | $450K | $523K | $204K | — | — | $267K |
| 2021 | $488K | $387K | $364K | — | — | $340K |
| 2020 | $409K | $272K | — | — | — | $236K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $191K from 12 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$42K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$39K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Lighthouse Church PAOC$9,000
- Golden and District Community Foundation$8,000
- ST. Andrew's United Church$3,837
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$297
- Faith Food Bank Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$205K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Manuel (director); Sheniz Wilkie (chair); Heather Barrett (vice chair); Nadia Bokhammas (treasurer); Jessica Barrera (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Golden Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881911010RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.