Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 890545999RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($354,542) as filed with the CRA.
Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $341K in revenue and $355K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 26% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society (OBVS) provides free one-to-one services and programs to help improve or maintain independent living. Services support the needs of older adults individuals living with physical and/or mental health challenges individuals living in low income individuals living in isolation and other complex needs. Our services incorporate elements of transportation assistance companionship and home maintenance. Current services include: drives to medical appointments grocery shopping recreation and other errands shopping with delivery of groceries and medication s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $341K | $355K | $294K | $5,673 | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $310K | $289K | $240K | $4,622 | — | $95K |
| 2022 | $334K | $326K | $272K | $4,364 | — | $73K |
| 2021 | $331K | $318K | $265K | $2,802 | — | $66K |
| 2020 | $278K | $323K | — | — | — | $53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 10 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$73K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$35K
- Tony and Mignon Fenton Trust$35K
- The R K Grant Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,370
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$338
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$9
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$263K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Cattrall (chair); Diane Kallal (director); Susan Merchant (director); David Collins (treasurer); Bronwyn Taylor (secretary); Brian Malone (vice chair); Keith Wells (director); Michael Shannon (director); Diana Black (director); Fredrick (Stuart) Moore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890545999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.