The Alberni Valley Community Foundation
Public foundation · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 892601246RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($287,883) as filed with the CRA.
The Alberni Valley Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $732K in revenue and $288K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $313K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $208K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Alberni Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Service. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $204K in 2020 to $732K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Raising funds for an endowment fund for which the charity earns income and distributes the income to various local societies and other organizations that are in need raising funds for the homelessness concerns in the valley
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $732K | $288K | $68K | — | $208K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $577K | $255K | $32K | — | $219K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $83K | $56K | $11K | — | $42K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $167K | $56K | $24K | — | $29K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $204K | $180K | $116K | — | $62K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $208K to 21 qualified donees:
- Alberni Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Service$40K
- Port Alberni Backpack Program Society$38K
- Alberni Valley Hospice Society$22K
- Wholesome Meals on Wheels Association of Port Alberni B.C.$20K
- Port Alberni Family Guidance Association$20K
- Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society$20K
- Alberni District Historical Society$10K
- Alberni Valley Neighbourlink Society$7,000
- Portal Players Dramatic Society$5,000
- The Port Alberni Maritime Heritage Society$4,738
- Alberni District Historical Society$4,208
- Literacy Alberni Society$4,000
- Wholesome Meals on Wheels Association of Port Alberni B.C.$3,271
- Sage Haven Society$2,452
- Port Alberni Association for Children With Development Disabilities$1,978
- SPCA - Port Alberni Branch$1,435
- The Abbeyfield Houses Alberni Valley Society$1,425
- Special Olympics Canada$1,000
- North Island College Foundation Trust Fund$896
- Alberni Athletic Association$596
- Alberni Valley Assisted Living Society$180
Received $313K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hugh Grist (chair); Peggy Hartman (treasurer); John Mayba (director); Robert Gunn (secretary); Jean McIntosh (director); Jamie Hillman (director); Ken Watson (director); Marta Williamson (director); Suzanne Dube (director); Don Jones (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Alberni Valley Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892601246RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.