Sparwood Food Bank
Charitable organization · Sparwood, British Columbia · BN 859833881RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($439,634) as filed with the CRA.
Sparwood Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Sparwood, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $360K in revenue and $440K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $114K in 2020 to $360K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing food to those with food insecurities in the district of sparwood 364 days/year. We also run a food recovery program and a toys for tots program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $360K | $440K | $397K | — | — | $520K |
| 2023 | $113K | $134K | — | — | — | $245K |
| 2022 | $91K | $117K | — | — | — | $213K |
| 2021 | $95K | $91K | — | — | — | $185K |
| 2020 | $114K | $69K | $64K | — | — | $157K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 7 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$34K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$9,666
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$2,500
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$130
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$30K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracey Brook-Baker (treasurer); Cathy Pavlis (president); Edith Holland (director); Lori Smith (director); Andrea Scarlett (director); Tami Chechotko (secretary); Rose Sharma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sparwood Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859833881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.