Saanich Community Legacy Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 868879149RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($363,818) as filed with the CRA.
Saanich Community Legacy Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $297K in revenue and $364K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $154K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $73K in 2024, the largest being $69K to The Victoria Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $297K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Since 1999 the saanich legacy foundation has been dedicated to strengthening our community by supporting grassroots groups local events and organizations in need. The local groups are supported in two ways: 1. Partnering with non-charitable organizations 2. Funding grants for programs and events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $297K | $364K | $267K | — | $87K | $23K |
| 2023 | $179K | $170K | $166K | — | — | $90K |
| 2022 | $216K | $171K | $167K | — | $167K | $0 |
| 2021 | $78K | $42K | $39K | — | $39K | $17K |
| 2020 | $39K | $57K | $53K | — | $52K | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $73K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $154K from 10 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$63K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$35K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$30K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- The London Drugs Foundation$10K
- Victoria Royals Foundation$3,253
- BenefAction Foundation$1,112
- Canadahelps Canadon$624
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$445
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$215
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Bisset-Covaneiro (chair); Adam French (vice chair); Barbara Klassen (director); Isobel Hoffman (director); Kodi Gibson (director); Don Storch (director); Claire Reynolds (director); Bobby Joe Zeiberg (treasurer); Ada Lin (secretary); Nick Walairat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saanich Community Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868879149RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.