Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society
Charitable organization · Parksville, British Columbia · BN 848764684RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,086,040) as filed with the CRA.
Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Parksville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 22% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $519K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Lumara grief and bereavement care society provides counselling support and care for individuals and families who are coping with grief and loss due to illness or death of a loved one through therapeutic camps and programs retreats support groups and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $794K | $107K | — | $285K |
| 2023 | $837K | $935K | $667K | $86K | — | $326K |
| 2022 | $759K | $782K | $482K | $130K | — | $460K |
| 2021 | $837K | $644K | $391K | $130K | — | $483K |
| 2020 | $768K | $577K | $445K | $28K | — | $291K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $519K from 24 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$90K
- Charles & Eve Chang Foundation$75K
- Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation$72K
- Order of ST John Palliative CARE Foundation$55K
- Canucks for Kids Fund$50K
- Vancouver Foundation$47K
- Seedlings Foundation$35K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$27K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$17K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$13K
- Chris-Spencer Foundation$10K
- Malberry Foundation$5,000
- Adera Foundation Society$5,000
- The Coquitlam Foundation$3,500
- Face the World Foundation$2,500
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- West Vancouver United Church$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,817
- ZLC Foundation$1,800
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$660
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$310
- Canadahelps Canadon$307
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$375K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tamara Bustos (director); Michael Fogel (director); Daniel Hinks (treasurer); Laurette Riel (director); Ben Siemens (vice president); Vivian Smith (president); Patrick Morrissey (secretary); Brian Kwok (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848764684RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.