West Coast General Hospital Foundation
Public foundation · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 890806243RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,440,369) as filed with the CRA.
West Coast General Hospital Foundation is a public foundation based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $638K in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to West Coast General Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $371K in 2020 to $638K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Fundraising activities donations to hospital
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $638K | $1.4M | $231K | — | $1.2M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $656K | $1.7M | $152K | — | $1.5M | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $261K | $199K | — | $38K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $304K | $27K | $22K | $83K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $371K | $398K | $28K | $7,753 | $195K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.2M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$165K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ellen Brown (vice president); Karen Maika (treasurer); Robert O'Dwyer (president); David Wiwchar (director); Bruce Patterson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Coast General Hospital Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890806243RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.