The Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 119228070RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($290,404) as filed with the CRA.
The Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $287K in revenue and $290K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 20% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $185K in 2020 to $287K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Riding therapy for people with mental physical and emotional challenges. Use of horses to teach children at risk anger management and coping skills. Therapeutic horse back riding for children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $287K | $290K | $226K | $1,631 | — | $229K |
| 2023 | $262K | $309K | $241K | $2,554 | — | $232K |
| 2022 | $259K | $280K | $177K | $3,784 | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $253K | $234K | — | — | — | $225K |
| 2020 | $185K | $202K | $131K | $2,626 | — | $205K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Auxiliary Society for Comox Valley Healthcare$10K
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$8,400
- Toronto Foundation$5,500
- Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation$5,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Harbourfront Gives Foundation$2,000
- B.C. Therapeutic Riding Association$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$610
- ST Michael & All Angels Protestant Chapel$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$343
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$197K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Duran (president); Marilyn Wortley (director); Tina Louise Filippino (vice-president); Claudia Ashford (secretary); Lorna Mikkelson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228070RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.