Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundation
Public foundation · Qualicum Beach, British Columbia · BN 870059334RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($480,954) as filed with the CRA.
Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $481K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $559K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 44 qualified donees totalling $419K in 2024, the largest being $59K to Vancouver Island University Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $573K in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Grants to local registered charities neighbourhood small grants to individuals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $481K | $52K | — | $419K | $9.4M |
| 2023 | $563K | $199K | $60K | — | $138K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $319K | $818K | $680K | — | $137K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $701K | $161K | $52K | — | $109K | $4.8M |
| 2020 | $573K | $345K | $44K | — | $301K | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $419K to 44 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Vancouver Island University Foundation$59K
- Oceanside Community Arts Council$23K
- District 69 Society of Organized Services$23K
- Bradley Community Centre Association$21K
- Parksville & District Historical Society$19K
- Nanoose Community Services Association$19K
- Wonderful World of Books$19K
- Manna Homeless Society$19K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 69 (Qualicum)$18K
- Forward House Community Society$17K
- Parksville Pastoral Charge$15K
- Oceanside Hospice Society$15K
- Oceanside Classical Concerts Society$15K
- Christ's Church Oceanside$14K
- Qualicum First Nations$13K
- The Nature Trust of British Columbia$11K
- The University of British Columbia$11K
- Oceanside Hospice Society$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$8,600
- Vancouver Island University$8,200
- Arrowsmith Agricultural Association$8,000
- St.Stephen's United Church Qualicum Beach$6,500
- Balfour's Friends Foundation$5,400
- The Old School House Arts Centre$5,056
- Vancouver Island Symphony$4,000
Received $559K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brent Johnson (treasurer); Susanna Newton (director); Pat Weber (past chair); Kari-Lee Burnham (director/bookkeeper); Robert Duncan (president); Betty Price (secretary); Denise Foster (director); Peter Van Dongen (vice chair); Kari Knutson (director); Terri Duguay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870059334RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.