Times Colonist Christmas Fund Society
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 802574970RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,210,597) as filed with the CRA.
Times Colonist Christmas Fund Society is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 59% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $672K to Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We collect donations from our readers primarily in november and december and distribute money to people in need throughout vancouver island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $959K | $755K | — | — | $734K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $658K | — | — | $631K | $960K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 13 qualified donees:
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$672K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$250K
- Rotary Club of Victoria - Harbourside Foundation$100K
- The Mustard Seed Street Church$75K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$25K
- The Victoria Foundation$20K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$10K
- Campbell River and District Food Bank Society$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
- Comox Valley Food Bank Society$5,000
- Denman Island Community Education Society$2,500
- Food Bank on the Edge$2,000
- People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola Society$1,000
Received $1.3M from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$613K
- Canadahelps Canadon$613K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$71K
- The Victoria Foundation$22K
- The Jawl Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,684
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- The Bishop of Victoria$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,444
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$5,332
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jody Scriver (director); David Obee (director); Rachel Sawry (director); Edward Kennedy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Times Colonist Christmas Fund Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802574970RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.