A.w.a.r.e.-Assisting With Awareness Regarding Employment Society
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 118797703RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,590,872) as filed with the CRA.
A.w.a.r.e.-Assisting With Awareness Regarding Employment Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $206 in 2024, the largest being $206 to Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $137K in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. The Fraser Works Co-op operates two Employment Service Centres (ESC) to assist the general public in job searching at no cost. Services are available to anyone who is looking for work and is legally entitled to work in Canada. 2. Teacher Assistant Program with Indigenous Inclusion: AWARE Society in partnership with Discovery Community College is offering a Project Based Labour Market Training Program that will prepare you for a career as a Teacher’s Assistant. Gain the skills to support students with special and diverse learning needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | $206 | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $137K | $954K | — | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $206 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Eng (director); Patricia McDonald (president); Ray Weremczuk (director); Mitchell Marcus (director); Nolan Eddy (treasurer); Katherine Ramsay (secretary); Daniel Lee (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from A.w.a.r.e.-Assisting With Awareness Regarding Employment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118797703RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.