L'Arche Comox Valley
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 899957351RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,153,684) as filed with the CRA.
L'Arche Comox Valley is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 66% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The main purpose of l'arche comox valley is to establish and operate homes where persons with developmental disabilities live with assistants sharing life experiences according to the model first developed by jean vanier. To fulfill this mission we own and operate homes for persons with developmental disabilities. We also host and arrange regular monthly gatherings for any members of the local community who have developmental disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | $6,988 | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $965K | $975K | $863K | $2,678 | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $883K | $753K | $5,706 | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $816K | $689K | $4,249 | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $1M | $804K | $661K | $9,999 | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,419
- The Catholic Foundation of Vancouver Island$8,054
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$7,700
- The Bishop of Victoria$6,930
- Comox Valley Presbyterian Church$2,091
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,300
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,195
- Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart-CFB Comox$800
- United Church of Canada Comox United Church$531
- ST Michael & All Angels Protestant Chapel$500
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Courtenay British Columbia$450
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$382
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$803K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daphne Crowther (chair); Dale Jeffery (secretary); Mark Richardson (director); Ivonne Doust (director); Lisa Taylor (director); Mary McKenna (director); Helen Dosdos-Sommers (director); Bob Rasmus (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Arche Comox Valley’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899957351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.