NELSON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·602 SILICA STREET · NELSON, BC · V1L 4N1·BN 828762344RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-10-31
Cents to cause T1
94¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
6%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.3 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$527K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Nelson Community Food Centre Society?
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Is Nelson Community Food Centre Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 828762344RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Nelson Community Food Centre Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 602 SILICA STREET, NELSON, BC, V1L 4N1. Source.
What does Nelson Community Food Centre Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Nelson Community Food Centre operated the following programs from Nov 1 2023 to October 31 2024: The Good Food Bank The Gardens. No-Cook Program and Food Skills Classes. Our Good Food Bank had 12 156 bags of groceries distributed through the program. Our two garden sites located at Selkirk College's SilverKing…" Full program description.
How much of Nelson Community Food Centre Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Nelson Community Food Centre Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $527K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Nelson Community Food Centre operated the following programs from Nov 1 2023 to October 31 2024: The Good Food Bank The Gardens. No-Cook Program and Food Skills Classes. Our Good Food Bank had 12 156 bags of groceries distributed through the program. Our two garden sites located at Selkirk College's SilverKing Campus and our raised garden beds at 602 Silica St. produced 840 pounds of fresh produce to be distributed through our programs. The organization hosted two 8 week Food Skills series throughout the Spring and Fall focusing on cooking meals from around the world and an into to b… Show more
The Nelson Community Food Centre operated the following programs from Nov 1 2023 to October 31 2024: The Good Food Bank The Gardens. No-Cook Program and Food Skills Classes. Our Good Food Bank had 12 156 bags of groceries distributed through the program. Our two garden sites located at Selkirk College's SilverKing Campus and our raised garden beds at 602 Silica St. produced 840 pounds of fresh produce to be distributed through our programs. The organization hosted two 8 week Food Skills series throughout the Spring and Fall focusing on cooking meals from around the world and an into to basic cooking skills. The No - Cook Program in partnership with the Nelson Committee on Homelessness distributed over 2 000.00 hampers out to vulnerable community members. Volunteers of the Nelson Community Food Centre gave 1 395 volunteer hours to the programs.
New programs
A 'sub' program developed under our Good Food Bank Program. The Good Food Drop program was created to support individuals who faced barriers (physical transportation medical concerns ...etc.) to accessing our Good Food Bank in person. Every second week volunteers deliver 30-40 nutrition boxes to program participants living out in community. 744 nutrition boxes were delivered through this program. The Nelson Community Food Centre launched the Gathering Table a community meal program. The program started by offering a community meal every second Wednesday. As of March 18th 2025 the progr… Show more
A 'sub' program developed under our Good Food Bank Program. The Good Food Drop program was created to support individuals who faced barriers (physical transportation medical concerns ...etc.) to accessing our Good Food Bank in person. Every second week volunteers deliver 30-40 nutrition boxes to program participants living out in community. 744 nutrition boxes were delivered through this program. The Nelson Community Food Centre launched the Gathering Table a community meal program. The program started by offering a community meal every second Wednesday. As of March 18th 2025 the program has moved to every Tuesday. During the 2023/2024 fiscal year 4 900 meals were served at the organization.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
94¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 94¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
6%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.3 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$527K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)53%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
17%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
53%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
17%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
30%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 | $687K | 82¢ | 18% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-10-31 | $566K | 65¢ | 32% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-10-31 | $508K | 64¢ | 36% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-10-31 | $605K | 82¢ | 18% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-10-31 | $628K | 96¢ | 4% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-10-31 | $527K | 94¢ | 6% | 0.3 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- Shames, P'ninaCo-Chairarm's length
- Franco, NancyDirectorarm's length
- Perrin, RolandCo-chairarm's length
- Kramar, AndreaTreasurerarm's length
- Dobell, SarahSecretaryarm's length
- Myers, StephanieDirectorarm's length
- Lirette, TinaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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