Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Sidney, British Columbia · BN 889236998RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($705,997) as filed with the CRA.
Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Sidney, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $706K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $737K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The sidney lion food bank is a registered charity created for the purpose of distributing food to the needy its directions can consist only of members of the sidney lions club which serve as non paid volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $706K | — | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $981K | $686K | — | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $822K | $556K | $339K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $509K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $882K | $387K | — | — | — | $863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $737K from 27 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- Food Banks British Columbia$73K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$61K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$19K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- The Victoria Foundation$7,447
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,787
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$6,691
- Vancouver Foundation$6,600
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$5,600
- Peace Lutheran Church of Sidney British Columbia$5,190
- Saanich Peninsula Parish$2,500
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Society$2,324
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,300
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,669
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$1,588
- The Parish of Central Saanich$1,575
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,489
- Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church$1,230
- Saanichton Bible Fellowship$1,200
- Highway Christian Fellowship$1,100
- Link Charity Canada Inc$750
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$329K
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 Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889236998RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.