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Kelowna, BC · Charitable organization

Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society

Our purpose is to provide essential nourishment over 11 000 individuals in the central okanagan facing financial and food insecurity fostering dignity and hope within the community.

C$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$217k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k15 grants · C$74k
  • C$10k–50k26 grants · C$718k
  • C$50k–250k13 grants · C$1.2M
C$27,927
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRANBROOK FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$217,198
LAKE COUNTRY FOOD ASSISTANCE SOCIETYC$119,940
WILLOW PARK CHURCH MENNONITE BRETHRENC$115,204
THE SALVATION ARMY PENTICTON CORPSC$109,308
CITY OF GREENWOODC$97,676
KI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETYC$95,657
THE LUMBY FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$81,774
PEACHLAND FOOD BANKC$64,092
OKANAGAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBC$61,930
BOUNDARY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$61,121
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION KELOWNA & DISTRICTC$60,469
CRESTON VALLEY GLEANORS SOCIETYC$59,001
EAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SOCIETYC$53,195
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS REVELSTOKE SOCIETYC$49,908
FREEDOMS DOORC$41,732
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.6M · 21 repeat orgsC$1.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +92% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

C$2.6M
C$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+21%

Still filing today

90%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY PENTICTON CORPS
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$337k · revenue ×1,691
  • BF
    BOUNDARY FOOD ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$296k · revenue ×12 · 67% of their budget
  • GM
    GOSPEL MISSION
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$271k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • CI
    Calgary Inter Faith Food Bankgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$8k · revenue +81%
  • MH
    Medicine Hat and District Food Bankgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$7k · revenue +97%
  • HI
    HANDS IN SERVICE CANADA
    2× · 2019–2023 · C$3k · revenue -69%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Comox Valley Food Bank Society

To relieve poverty by operating a food bank that distributes food and other necessities to persons of low income Supporting local programs that provide meals for those experiencing food insecurity Food Rescue from local vendors Over 20…

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2
Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society

Our purpose is to provide essential nourishment over 11 000 individuals in the central okanagan facing financial and food insecurity fostering dignity and hope within the community. through compassion education and advocacy we strive to…

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3
The Okotoks Foodbank

Providing food to local families in need.

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4
Food Banks British Columbia

Providing community food bank with the support and resources necessery to enable them to accept store and distribute donations of fresh nutritious produce protein dairy etc to those enduring hunger and food insecurity across the province…

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5
Goldstream Food Bank Society

Food bank for westshore of greater victoria british columbia. we provide food hampers year round for individuals and families struggling with food security in the westshore communities.

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6
Squamish Food Bank Society

The squamish food bank is a non-profit charitable society. they provide food to those experiencing hunger in squamish. hundreds of residents rely on their services every month including individuals families single parents seniors and…

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7
Hope Community Services

Operates local food bank provides support and assistance to struggling members of community via government funded programs.

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8
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide healthy food to those in need. The Society provides food support to approximately 16 000 children adults and seniors monthly through its…

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9
Cowichan Valley Basket Society

Daily the food bank provides hot meals served from 10am to 1pm providing of monthly and easy food hampers and emergency food hamper. providing support system for those who request assistance with accessing local services association with…

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10
Powell River Action Centre Society

A Food Bank All food bank activities related to collecting food and cash donations and distributing food to the citizens of the Powell River region.

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11
Food Action Society of British Columbia

Food advocacy: being the voice in support for local food economic activity; - free educational and gardening opportunities to community groups and individuals local food growing opportunities and food distribution organizations like the…

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12
Fraser Valley Addictions & Recovery Hub Society

THE CHARITY PROVIDES MEALS FOR SHELTER GUESTS AS WELL AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR TENANTS. Food Program – We rescue donated food from grocery stores and deliver groceries and household items to clients. Transitional Housing – We provide…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society and the most unlike its peers is Osoyoos Baptist Church. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/68
Grantees still filing
32/68
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY PENTICTON CORPS — C$336,712 over 6y, 17% of budgetBOUNDARY FOOD ASSOCIATION — C$296,055 over 7y, 67% of budgetGOSPEL MISSION — C$270,606 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetFREEDOMS DOOR — C$263,423 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATED KELOWNA — C$255,241 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCRANBROOK FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$217,198 over 1y, 11% of budgetLAKE COUNTRY FOOD ASSISTANCE SOCIETY — C$182,430 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetPEACHLAND FOOD BANK — C$162,804 over 5y, 38% of budgetOKANAGAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB — C$156,586 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWILLOW PARK CHURCH MENNONITE BRETHREN — C$115,204 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF HOPE — C$99,041 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPATHWAYS: ADDICTION RESOURCE CENTRE — C$97,021 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetKI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY — C$95,657 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LUMBY FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$88,334 over 3y, 55% of budgetBREAKFAST CLUBS OF CANADA — C$70,728 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT YOUTH SERVICES — C$69,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOHN HOWARD SOCIETY — C$68,349 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKELOWNA WOMEN'S SHELTER(THROUGH CANADAHELPS) — C$65,557 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE SOCIETY OF BC — C$60,306 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCRESTON VALLEY GLEANORS SOCIETY — C$59,001 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SOCIETY — C$53,195 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS REVELSTOKE SOCIETY — C$49,908 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGOLDEN FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$39,168 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — C$37,840 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKAMLOOPS FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$37,375 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETIS COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY OF BC — C$36,444 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKASLO COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$33,204 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKIMBERLEY HELPING HANDS FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$32,345 over 1y, 16% of budgetSALMO COMMUNITY RESOURCE SOCIETY — C$32,033 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHERRYVILLE COMMUNITY FOOD AND RESOURCES SOCIETY — C$28,829 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetNELSON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE SOCIETY — C$27,927 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetW.E. GRAHAM COMMUITY SERVICE SOCIETY — C$26,889 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMETRO COMMUNITY — C$23,725 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOLIVER FOOD BANK — C$19,632 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetOKANAGAN COLLEGE — C$16,199 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL — C$14,942 over 1y, 28% of budgetENDERBY FOOD BANK — C$13,460 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetKELOWNA COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY — C$12,222 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FAMILY & YOUTH SERVICES — C$11,860 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPARWOOD FOOD BANK — C$9,666 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHERN INTERIOR BC — C$9,193 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS -OKANAGAN FAMILY & CHILDCARE SOCIETY — C$8,169 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCalgary Inter Faith Food Bank — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL FOODBANK (BC SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO — C$7,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAMAS FOR MAMAS — C$7,002 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMedicine Hat and District Food Bank — C$7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOKANAGAN VALLEY PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE — C$6,286 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHELPING OUT PROPLE EXPLOITED SOCIETY — C$5,344 over 1y, 3.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Food Banks British Co…Central Okanagan Foun…United Way Southern I…First West FoundationFood Banks Canada/Ban…Rotary Club of Kelown…Traine Charitable Fou…Bc Government Employe…Falcon FoundationSynod of the Diocese …United Way British Co…Seventh Day Adventist…
Food Banks British ColumbiaBC28.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Food Banks British Columbia · Central Okanagan Foundation · United Way Southern Interior Bc · First West Foundation · Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada · Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation · Traine Charitable Foundation · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · Falcon Foundation · Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay · United Way British Columbia · Seventh Day Adventist Church (British Columbia Conference)

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-06-30, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a charitable organization under organizations relieving poverty.

Source object 107561862:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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