Living Edge Community Church
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 826256539RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($208,704) as filed with the CRA.
Living Edge Community Church is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $209K in revenue and $209K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $143K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We collect surplus food and other groceries donated from food outlets distributors and other food banks re-package and donate them to needy persons once a week at various locations across greater victoria including quadra village downtown victoria goldstream avenue esquimalt central saanich royal oak and the university of victoria. Approximately 20 volunteers perform these functions at each location.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $209K | $209K | $170K | — | — | $30K |
| 2023 | $211K | $211K | $182K | $6,000 | $600 | $30K |
| 2022 | $217K | $157K | $140K | $5,575 | $600 | $30K |
| 2021 | $191K | $147K | $125K | $12K | $1,393 | $0 |
| 2020 | $185K | $150K | $129K | $9,733 | $600 | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $143K from 24 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$15K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$15K
- Gateway Baptist Church$12K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$11K
- The Open Gate Church$11K
- Church of our Lord$11K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$10K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$9,000
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$8,284
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,048
- The Central Baptist Church Victoria British Columbia$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Harbourview Community Church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$6,000
- Friendship Community Church$3,200
- Saanichton Bible Fellowship$3,000
- The Sara Spencer Foundation$2,000
- Connection Life Centre$1,800
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,500
- Christ Community Church of Victoria$749
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$333
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$281
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$190
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$70
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Duncan Polson (director ceo); David Dawson (director/president); Deborah Price (director); Brian Dunn (director/secretary); Jan Mott (director/treasurer); Matthew Huebner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Edge Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826256539RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.