Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 874258429RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,355,688) as filed with the CRA.
Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $14.8M in revenue and $15.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 108 qualified donees totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $299K to Ladysmith Resources Centre Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9M in 2020 to $14.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Collecting food donations from the food industry and individual donors providing quality nutritious food to people through our own distribution programs and through community partners
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.8M | $15.4M | $11.3M | $144K | $3.7M | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $11.9M | $11.8M | $8M | $123K | $3.4M | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $9.1M | $6.5M | $61K | $2.3M | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $8.3M | $5.8M | $134K | $2.2M | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $9M | $7.4M | $5.5M | $6,266 | $1.7M | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 108 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ladysmith Resources Centre Association$299K
- Chemainus Harvest House Society$250K
- Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Vancouver Island$232K
- Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association$181K
- Cowichan Valley Basket Society$145K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island$132K
- School District 68$105K
- Wisteria Community Association$103K
- Island Crisis Care Society$87K
- Port Alberni Shelter Society$86K
- The Mustard Seed Street Church$84K
- Gwa'sala - Nakwaxda'xw$79K
- Sayward Community Health Society$72K
- Port Alberni Backpack Program Society$68K
- Ballenas Housing Society$56K
- People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola Society$52K
- School District 70$51K
- Campbell River and District Food Bank Society$49K
- Comox Valley Food Bank Society$49K
- Nourish Cowichan Society$47K
- Vancouver Island University$46K
- Nanaimo Native Victory Chapel$46K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$46K
- First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo$44K
- Ladysmith Family and Friends Society$44K
Received $1M from 35 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$436K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- United Way British Columbia$100K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$58K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$38K
- Times Colonist Christmas Fund Society$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Big Wheel Community Foundation$9,053
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$7,606
- Hope Lutheran Church Nanaimo British Columbia$5,915
- Brechin United Church$4,905
- Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation$3,889
- ST. PHILIPS ANGLICAN CHURCH Cedar$3,508
- Centra Cares Foundation$3,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,589
- The Ardea Foundation$2,500
- The Nanaimo & District Museum Society$2,289
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,846
- Abundance Canada$1,800
- Nanaimo Christian School (1988) Society$1,513
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,200
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerry Vaughn (board chair); Violet Hayes (vice chair); Jerry Davis (secretary); Will Vandergrift (board member); Chris Nudd (board member); Erin Hemmens (board member); Randy Hall (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874258429RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.