The Quesnel Community Foundation
Public foundation · Quesnel, British Columbia · BN 889161717RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($405,402) as filed with the CRA.
The Quesnel Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Quesnel, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $684K in revenue and $405K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $221K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $310K in 2024, the largest being $165K to City of Quesnel.
In its own words
The Foundation was established in 2001 to meet the needs of the community through the growth and management of permanent endowment funds. The Foundation's goal is to use the income generated by the Endowment Fund to promote the well being of the community by providing grants to charitable organizations including: Arts Culture Education Environment Health Sports & Recreation and Social Programs. The Foundation is supported by volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $684K | $405K | $30K | $16K | $333K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $541K | $193K | $14K | $0 | $160K | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $413K | $180K | $21K | $7,160 | $130K | $4M |
| 2021 | $839K | $142K | $6,367 | $5,867 | $108K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $477K | $144K | $6,476 | $7,312 | $116K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $310K to 14 qualified donees:
- City of Quesnel$165K
- Quesnel & District Senior's Society$34K
- Special Olympics British Columbia - Quesnel$33K
- Baker Creek Enhancement Society$27K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Quesnel$20K
- Green Hope Society$19K
- Gavin Lake Forest Education Society$5,700
- Island Mountain Arts$5,000
- Barkerville Heritage Trust$4,000
- 768 Quesnel Jet Rangers Squadron$3,400
- Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association$2,600
- Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts$1,800
- The Friends of the Quesnel & District Museum & Archives Soc$1,530
- Canadian Mental Health Association of Northern BC (Returned)-$12K
Received $221K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Quesnel Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889161717RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.