Town of Comox Community Contributions

To follow is a list of charitable contributions, be them cash, in-kind or via permissive tax exemptions confirmed in 2021 by the Town of Comox.

Financial Donations by the Town:

• $40,000 Habitat for Humanities - Vancouver Island North Society
• $32,500 Comox Archives and Museum Grant
• $25,000 for Lush Valley Food Action Society (one time in response to COVID-19)
• $25,000 for Nautical Days (Not being used in 2021)
• $20,000 Sid Williams Theatre
• $8,800 d’Esterre Senior Centre (Utilities, Garbage, Hydro)
• $5,000 Comox Valley Art Gallery
• $4,700 Comox Valley Citizens on Patrol
• $3,000 for Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 Comox (one time conditional on other grants)
• $6,150 Comox Valley Community Policing (Crime Prevention and Auxiliary Policing)
• $500 for Mack Laing bursary recipient

Comox Taxpayer Contributions through Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) Requisition:

• $16,500 Victim Services and Crime Stoppers
• $11,000 Comox Valley Community Justice Service
• $23,000 Comox Valley Search and Rescue

Permissive Tax Exemptions:

• $8,000 Comox Golf Course
• $4,000 Bay Community Church
• $2,000 Comox Archives and Museum
• $4,000 Presbyterian Church
• $2,000 Pearl Ellis Art Gallery
• $120,000 Providence Living
• $5,500 Comox Lions Club
• $18,000 d’Esterre Seniors Center
• $2,000 Tigger Too Day Care
• $13,000 Comox Legion
• $1,500 Unity Comox Valley
• $11,000 Nature Trust of BC
• $6,500 United Church
• $3,000 Komox RCAO Wing
• $3,500 Anglican Church
• $12,000 1582 Balmoral Affordable Housing
• $5,000 Pentecostal Church
• $1,000 Tennis Clubhouse
• $4,000 Bay Community Church

In-Kind Contributions from Town of Comox Departments:

Recreation

• $5,000 In-kind facility bookings for non-profit group meetings, fundraisers, and events.
• $4,000 In-kind labour for special events such as Y.A.N.A, Comox Valley Day Care’s Santa Breakfast, Active Comox Valley's Terry Fox Run, and other events.
• $5,500 in punch pass donations to organizations for events and fundraisers.

Fire Department

• $7,500 Monthly meeting rooms (pre-COVID) for the RCMP, BCAS, RCMSR, Y.A.N.A, Comox Valley Hospice, Therapeutic Gardens, Local Heroes events.
• Note: Many other donations worth thousands of dollars are made by the Comox Firefighters Association. These are not Town donations.

Public Works and Parks

• Street closure support for special events
• $8,000 Comox Marina berths
• $45,000 Comox Archives Building (estimated rental value)
• $50,000 d’Esterre Building

Financial Implications: The Town provides an estimated value of in-kind and cash contributions yearly of $192,800, $190,000 in forgone revenue for permissive tax exemptions, approximately $103,000 in forgone building rentals, and an additional $50,500 provided by Comox ratepayers through Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) requisitions. The total of these figures represents ~$536,300.