Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 107951220RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,292,410) as filed with the CRA.
Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.3M in revenue and $8.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $451K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.5M in 2020 to $8.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We operate a food bank and a complete harvest food program that includes growing recovery meals and coupons for healthy produce. We operate a year round shelter a recycle depot a range of non-medical supports for seniors we provide mental health drop-in services vocational development mental health outreach and housing supports. We also provide a range of youth counseling and supports early childhood programs child and adult special needs programs and supported housing. Harvest home meals for seniors delivered prepared from our kitchen. A harvest cafe and farm stand as a social enter…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $8.3M | $7.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.6M | $7.1M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $7.2M | $7M | $6.5M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $6.9M | $5.8M | $5.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $4.6M | $4.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $451K from 21 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$221K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$53K
- Food Banks British Columbia$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Salt Spring Island Foundation$19K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$14K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$10K
- Lighthouse Church PAOC$9,000
- Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring$5,000
- The Victoria Foundation$5,000
- Hawthorne Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,525
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,402
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$840
- First West Foundation$491
- Vancouver Foundation$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$150
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$90
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$4.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary McNutt (treasurer); Tisha Boulter; Jody Hawley (chair); Rebbeca Chidley (director); Alex Pym (director); Cathy Patel (director); Jennifer Lannan.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951220RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.