Surrey Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 132168162RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,944,367) as filed with the CRA.
Surrey Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The surrey food bank’s food hamper program provides food assistance to low-income individuals in surrey and north delta. We also provide nutritional support specifically for families with expectant mothers and babies up to 2-years of age. Children aged 2-5 receive additional age-appropriate food and extra protein to support their growth and development as they transition from toddler to school age. Clients who are unable to attend the food bank due to mobility issues are eligible with medical validation to have their hampers delivered through our hamper to your home program. Our seniors prog…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | $200K | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $145K | $200 | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $130K | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 46 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$520K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$106K
- Aqueduct Foundation$81K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$55K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$15K
- The Rix Family Foundation$15K
- Pacific Academy Foundation$10K
- JSM Charitable Trust$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,700
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$6,375
- Hillside Christian Church$5,550
- Wesmont Foundation$5,000
- Werner & Helga Hoing Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$4,200
- Beyond BC Greenhouse Charitable Foundation$3,500
- Spence Family Foundation$3,000
- First West Foundation$2,728
- Christian Stewardship Services$2,500
- Christ Church of Glory Foursquare Church$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helen Brown (vice-president); Travis Evans (director); Yuen Ip (treasurer); Michelle Kelly (president); Wally Lavigne (director); Amna Shah (director); Rudo Zarayika (director); Steve Lewarne (vice president); Yousef Abdul Salam (director); Atesh Kant (secretary); Asiah Kawa (director); Ali Miri (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Surrey Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132168162RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.