Quest Outreach Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 137109807RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,188,079) as filed with the CRA.
Quest Outreach Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $9.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $299K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Quest exists to disrupt cycles of food insecurity through access to healthy and affordable food. By bridging the gap between food banks and traditional grocery stores Quest provides a grocery experience based on principles of dignity access and sustainability. Almost all of Quest’s food is donated by local food partners from across British Columbia and delivered across our five Metro Vancouver markets in Burnaby Surrey North Vancouver East Vancouver and the Downtown Eastside. Whether donated or purchased all products sold at Quest Markets are priced the same based on a set of principles …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $9.2M | $8.1M | $23K | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $9.5M | $9.3M | $8.4M | $24K | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $12M | $12.1M | $11.1M | $24K | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $10.7M | $9.9M | $28K | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $12.1M | $11.8M | $10.9M | $74K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $299K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$97K
- Canadahelps Canadon$97K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$60K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,732
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- Surreycares Community Foundation$4,256
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$4,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,734
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$750
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$337
- The Houssian Foundation$323
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Brasso (chair); Marilyn Bergen (director); Patrick Beirne (secretary); Eduarda McWhirter (treasurer); Carol Crow (vice president); Caroline Smart (director); Lillian White (director); Clay Haeber (director); Marion Galinski (director); Rosemary John (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quest Outreach Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137109807RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.