Lush Valley Food Action Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 866653637RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,082,870) as filed with the CRA.
Lush Valley Food Action Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $957K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 27% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $298K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $276K in 2020 to $957K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The Fruit Tree and Farm Gleaning Program utilizes volunteers to harvest and redistribute thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and produce from homes farms and orchards that would otherwise go to waste and re-distributes the produce back to the community. Our Community Garden provides opportunities for education mentorship and community connection while improving food security for our local population. The Share the Harvest Community Garden is located in downtown Courtenay and hosts a combination of allotment and communal plots for gardeners. The Vanier Garden produces fresh fruits and v…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $957K | $1.1M | $766K | $0 | — | $530K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $758K | — | — | $633K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $813K | $593K | $603 | — | $426K |
| 2021 | $769K | $679K | $556K | $2,713 | — | $152K |
| 2020 | $276K | $249K | $182K | — | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $298K from 10 charities:
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$117K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- United Way British Columbia$20K
- Right To Food$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$787
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$499
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$40
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$7
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$455K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Jekums (chair); Brenton Walters (director); Martha Russell (director); Leah Sandler (director); Iluminada Van Grootheest (secretary); Kirsten Wood (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lush Valley Food Action Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866653637RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.