Squamish Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Whistler, British Columbia · BN 886946433RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($359,778) as filed with the CRA.
Squamish Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Whistler, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $376K in revenue and $360K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations, 6% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $326K.
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 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The squamish food bank is a non-profit charitable society. They provide food to those experiencing hunger in squamish. Hundreds of residents rely on their services every month including individuals families single parents seniors and people suffering from physical mental or addiction challenges.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $376K | $360K | $325K | — | — | $356K |
| 2023 | $290K | $249K | $216K | — | — | $340K |
| 2022 | $264K | $287K | $255K | — | — | $299K |
| 2021 | $281K | $236K | $213K | — | $5,000 | $323K |
| 2020 | $373K | $161K | $137K | — | — | $277K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $326K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$94K
- Canadahelps Canadon$94K
- Food Banks British Columbia$65K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$32K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$29K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,718
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,799
- The Coffey Family Foundation$1,500
- Squamish Community Foundation$1,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$595
- United Way of Greater Toronto$371
- Vancity Community Foundation$57
- Vancity Community Foundation$28
- Vancity Community Foundation$22
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$15
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$81K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Stern (director); Linda Kelly-Smith (chair); Paul Fripp (director); Eddie Carter (director); Amber Morberg (director); Caroline Barker (director); Brook Foster (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Squamish Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886946433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.