Victoria Community Food Hub Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 818349730RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,439,061) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Community Food Hub Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $345K.
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 95% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society is a multi-stakeholder society that supports the development of a sustainable local food system on vancouver island. The over-srching goal of the organization is to increase the production of island-grown food while incubating social enterprises. Activities carried out include development of intended programming and participating in public events designed to encourage the production and consumption of locally grown foods. In 2020 the south island food hub was started to purchase island-grown produce from suppliers and sells subsidized food boxes through various community organizat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $683K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $58K |
| 2021 | $863K | $838K | $827K | $0 | $0 | $37K |
| 2020 | $226K | $222K | $220K | — | — | $12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $345K from 11 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$243K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$50K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$7,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,499
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$601
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$455
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$207
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$315K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christina Peacock (board); Janelle Hatch (chair); Kierra Moseman (secreatry); Brenda Bolton (director); Sandra Allen (secretary); Jaya Scott (director); Heather Carrol (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Community Food Hub Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818349730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.