The Florence Margaret Thompson Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 880459011RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,043) as filed with the CRA.
The Florence Margaret Thompson Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $155K in revenue and $72K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $44K in 2024, the largest being $11K to The Christie Gardens Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $155K | $72K | — | — | $44K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $75K | $76K | — | — | $49K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | -$103K | $73K | — | — | $45K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $120K | $73K | — | — | $44K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $117K | $72K | — | — | $44K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $44K to 4 qualified donees:
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$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kara Dawson (director & treasurer); Karin Nitsch (secretary); Alex-Sandra Stephenson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Florence Margaret Thompson Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880459011RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.