Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 892696980RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,112) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $74K in revenue and $88K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community cooking program targeting seniors and adults with disabilities. Cooking skills programs for pregnant women and families with young children including first nations. School based programs giving young children the opportunity to learn to prepare nutritious snacks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74K | $88K | — | — | — | $38K |
| 2023 | $71K | $83K | $81K | — | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $90K | $74K | — | — | — | $63K |
| 2021 | $127K | $94K | — | — | — | $47K |
| 2020 | $72K | $69K | — | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$66K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christein Crabtree (president); Kathleen Torhjeim (treasurer); Joanne Swain (recording secretary); Linda Harold (corresponding secretary); Alice Leask (director); Deborah Thomson (director); Henryka Szado (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892696980RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.