Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society
Charitable organization · Esquimalt, British Columbia · BN 814504650RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,417,778) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society is a charitable organization based in Esquimalt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $772K in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 8% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $655K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $434K in 2020 to $772K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Victoria rainbow kitchen society is known as a leader in food security in our community providing essential in-home hot meals and food sharing programs each week including meals supplied to three local public schools. Supporting over 230 000 meal equivalents this year to our community and beyond. Serving without question or registration to anyone experiencing food insecurity 5 days a week 50 weeks a year. Estimating to assist 5 500 individuals/families each year. Work is completed by 6 full-time staff and the dedication and donated time of over 200 volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $772K | $1.4M | — | — | — | $460K |
| 2023 | $788K | $1.2M | — | — | — | $440K |
| 2022 | $514K | $933K | — | — | — | $393K |
| 2021 | $939K | $764K | $764K | — | — | $396K |
| 2020 | $434K | $494K | $494K | — | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $655K from 28 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$146K
- Canadahelps Canadon$146K
- The Victoria Foundation$79K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$52K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$32K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$30K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$25K
- Breakfast Club of Canada$21K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- The Charitable Foundation of the Ontario Grocery Industry$10K
- Hambley Family Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- Lutheran Church of the Cross of Victoria$9,950
- Big Wheel Community Foundation$9,053
- David Charitable Trust$5,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Broad View United$4,000
- Mazon Canada$3,300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,872
- Lohn Foundation$1,500
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$939
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$382K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Wright (past chair); Farhan Kanji (chair); Jennifer Hawes (vice chair); Hugh Jervis (director); Giulia Collins (director); Jenny Cuthbertson (secretary); Duncan Cavens (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814504650RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.