Mayne Island Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Mayne Island, British Columbia · BN 814865168RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($286,455) as filed with the CRA.
Mayne Island Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Mayne Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $255K in revenue and $286K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 12% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
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 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $54K in 2020 to $255K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty by operating a food bank for individuals or familes who are poor or low income or in need and to undertake activities incidential to the attainment of the above charitable purpose
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255K | $286K | $270K | $0 | $0 | $82K |
| 2023 | $206K | $200K | $191K | — | — | $114K |
| 2022 | $141K | $189K | $185K | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $219K | $93K | — | — | — | $72K |
| 2020 | $54K | $40K | $38K | — | — | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $93K from 11 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$30K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$20K
- The Victoria Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Lighthouse Church PAOC$7,000
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,097
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$300
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$39
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$69K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Bacchus (director); David Rea (chair vice-chair); Kathleen Ferneyhough (treasurer); Sasha Klein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mayne Island Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814865168RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.