Wachiay Friendship Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 896275898RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,129,995) as filed with the CRA.
Wachiay Friendship Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $6.1M in 2024.
In its own words
Legal aid legal advocacy youth in ministry care programming free income tax services early childhood development services education and literacy programs family support elders program fetal alcohol syndrome disorder practitioner summer youth camp community meals healthy living and personal capacity programs homeless prevention youth recreation and sports programs and cultural / heritage workshops community garden afterschool programming Jordan's Principle WorkBC Employment Centre Path Forward BCAAFC.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $5.1M | $5M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $3.2M | $3.2M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $0 | $0 | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $141K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
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 Wachiay Friendship Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896275898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.