Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Lake Cowichan, British Columbia · BN 802917278RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($47,923) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $82K in revenue and $48K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
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 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $35K in 2020 to $82K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Hunger awareness hunger counts volunteers set up organize and plan all food donations and food purchases for the sole purpose of distributing to the under priviledged and low income families individuals and seniors of the cowichan lake area. Work in conjunction with food banks bc and canada to pick and store food donations and supplies for the sole purpose of distribution to the needy. A volunteer board also spends time in meetings to organize and plan fund raising activities such as hotdog sale and community event involvement for food drives and public education awareness on the need to f…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $82K | $48K | $15K | $560 | — | $170K |
| 2023 | $102K | $89K | — | — | — | $157K |
| 2022 | $33K | $32K | — | — | — | $88K |
| 2021 | $81K | $47K | — | — | — | $89K |
| 2020 | $35K | $34K | — | — | — | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Sanddar (president); Katherine Worsley (treasurer); Cindy Vaast (hamper coordinator); Carol Voghell (director at large); Dianne Jones (director at large); Tracey Mitchell (director at large); Philip Williamson (director); Nora Hayward (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802917278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.