Jewish Family Services of Vancouver Island
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 891604266RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,966) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Family Services of Vancouver Island is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $61K in revenue and $73K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty on vancouver island by providing subsidies for food and other basic necessities of life and providing social support to individuals and families in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $61K | $73K | $69K | — | — | $43K |
| 2023 | $74K | $66K | $62K | — | — | $54K |
| 2022 | $65K | $59K | $55K | — | — | $46K |
| 2021 | $44K | $29K | $23K | — | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $44K | $26K | $24K | — | $0 | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 7 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,546
- The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island Society$6,000
- Mazon Canada$4,400
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$100
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$73
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leonard Bazar (director); Yariv Kohn (director); April Nowell (director); Sandra Novak (director); Leon Zetler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Family Services of Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891604266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.