Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary
Charitable organization · Ladysmith, British Columbia · BN 879882876RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($804,487) as filed with the CRA.
Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary is a charitable organization based in Ladysmith, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $804K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $370K in 2024, the largest being $65K to Cowichan District Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $298K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The charity's mission is to raise and donate money for equipment to be used in health care facilities to promote community health wellness and education accessed by ladysmith and are resdients to provide programs services and goods to support local health and wellness and to maintain the doris gallagher memorial gardens. Charitable programs include providing meals on wheels providing lifeline monitoring service for local citizens who need this service but cannot afford to pay for it themselves and providing for theupkeep of the memorial gardens at the ladysmith community health centre. …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $804K | $20K | — | $372K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $901K | $651K | $17K | — | $267K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $770K | $611K | $21K | — | $240K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $577K | $579K | $73K | — | $190K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $298K | $439K | $203K | — | $132K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $370K to 15 qualified donees:
- Cowichan District Hospital Foundation$65K
- BC Cancer Foundation$60K
- Vancouver Island Health Authority$36K
- Cowichan District Hospital Foundation$30K
- Ladysmith Family and Friends Society$30K
- Ladysmith Resources Centre Association$30K
- Cowichan Valley Youth Services Society$25K
- Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation$24K
- Victoria Hospitals Foundation$20K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)$19K
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island$10K
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$8,000
- Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association$6,000
- Variety - the Children's Charity of BC$5,000
- 257 Rcacs Parent Committee$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$217K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Goodbody (past president); Sara Stayte (treasurer); Eithne Reichert (president); Pamela Fraser (recording secretary); Anna Costello (co-treasurer); Lynda Baker (vice president); Jean Sparkes (corresponding secretary); Valerie Crossley (director); Linda Stephenson (personnel director); Anne Spaulding (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879882876RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.