The Sonshine Lunch Club
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 868114133RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,352) as filed with the CRA.
The Sonshine Lunch Club is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $44K in revenue and $42K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 67% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provides free lunches 5 days a week to between 60 and 90 low-income individuals each day. (soup kitchen). We also offer donated used clo of charge. The organization is entirely volunteer driven.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44K | $42K | $37K | $1,067 | — | $103K |
| 2023 | $40K | $34K | $29K | — | — | $101K |
| 2022 | $34K | $34K | $31K | $793 | — | $95K |
| 2021 | $40K | $32K | $27K | — | $1,000 | $95K |
| 2020 | $63K | $30K | $24K | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,426
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$4,934
- United Mennonite Church of Black Creek B C$2,000
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,365
- Parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart-CFB Comox$1,200
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$920
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Courtenay British Columbia$505
- ST Michael & All Angels Protestant Chapel$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Elsasser (president); Brent Hobden (director); Arnold Lamb (director); Marion Edmondson (treasurer); Ann Pokol (director); Dorothy Bowes (director); Louise Smiley (director); Wendy Smith (director); Douglas Shantz (secretary); Vicki Willems (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sonshine Lunch Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868114133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.