The Community Harvest Food Bank
Charitable organization · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 869933762RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($195,065) as filed with the CRA.
The Community Harvest Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $174K in revenue and $195K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $264K in 2020 to $174K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community harvest food bank provides groceries food funds for travel lodging medical aid and miscellaneous items to individuals in need of the orgainzation's assistance
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $174K | $195K | — | — | — | $141K |
| 2023 | $174K | $156K | $135K | — | $7,390 | $162K |
| 2022 | $173K | $177K | $158K | — | — | $144K |
| 2021 | $140K | $142K | $142K | — | — | $148K |
| 2020 | $264K | $175K | $175K | — | — | $150K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 11 charities:
- Food Banks British Columbia$42K
- Lighthouse Church PAOC$9,000
- Castlegar & District Hospital Auxiliary Society$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,065
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$2,804
- Castlegar Kinnaird Pastoral Charge$2,339
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,413
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katherine Field (director); Valerie Townsend (director); Deborah McIntosh (director); Danica Schulli (director); Tina Tomlinson (director); Wendy Atwell (director); Mark Bosse (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Community Harvest Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869933762RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.