Powell River Action Centre Society
Charitable organization · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 119097491RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($366,122) as filed with the CRA.
Powell River Action Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Powell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $318K in revenue and $366K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
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 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
A Food Bank All food bank activities related to collecting food and cash donations and distributing food to the citizens of the Powell River region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $318K | $366K | $355K | $2,160 | — | $416K |
| 2023 | $426K | $361K | $353K | — | — | $428K |
| 2022 | $358K | $333K | $327K | — | — | $399K |
| 2021 | $389K | $228K | $227K | — | — | $369K |
| 2020 | $293K | $197K | $191K | — | — | $200K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 11 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$38K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,055
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$6,743
- The Parish of ST David and ST Paul$5,450
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,461
- Lund Community Society - Serving the Malaspina Peninsula$1,000
- Faith Lutheran Church of Powell River$1,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$520
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$183
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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Powell River Action Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119097491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.