Sharing Abundance Association
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 842243891RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($115,703) as filed with the CRA.
Sharing Abundance Association is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $67K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 53% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,665.
Compared with 162 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Sharing abundance offers welcoming places where food and community meet. 1. Community meals are open to all residents of the community with dinners on tuesday and thursday nights and lunch on wednesdays. 2. Seniors lunch program with a guest speaker or entertainer is offered to seniors every second friday. 3. Family and children meal programs are offered in partnership with north shore neighbourhood house adding a meal component to their programming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $67K | $116K | $94K | — | — | $42K |
| 2023 | $93K | $98K | $74K | — | — | $91K |
| 2022 | $81K | $91K | $54K | — | — | $96K |
| 2021 | $102K | $66K | $57K | — | — | $107K |
| 2020 | $72K | $89K | $68K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,665 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Campbell (secretary); Lizz Lindsay (president); Rubina Jamal (director); Stephen Muir (treasurer); Alexandra Schaff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sharing Abundance Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842243891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.