Action on Homelessness Society
Charitable organization · Comox, British Columbia · BN 846109213RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($689,968) as filed with the CRA.
Action on Homelessness Society is a charitable organization based in Comox, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $686K in revenue and $690K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 33% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $224K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Dawn to dawn action on homelessness society is a non profit residential housing program that makes transitional housing possible in the comox vally. The society provides homeless individuals and families with access to housing that gets them (or keeps them) off the streets. The society rents apartments on the open market and owns one house/three condos to home those at risk of homelessness. The society's support workers provide support for individuals to maintain them in housing. Through donations and funding the society helps individuals with heat hydro and other occupancy costs. The soci…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $686K | $690K | $551K | $7,098 | — | $656K |
| 2023 | $732K | $681K | — | — | — | $622K |
| 2022 | $783K | $694K | $540K | $3,629 | $127K | $468K |
| 2021 | $668K | $546K | $526K | $4,149 | — | $379K |
| 2020 | $515K | $476K | — | — | — | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $224K from 13 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$20K
- Auxiliary Society for Comox Valley Healthcare$10K
- Hunter Family Foundation$7,500
- Toronto Foundation$7,500
- The Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship$1,026
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$280
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$243
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$130
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$128K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeanine Walker (president); Joyce Wilson (secretary); Lucien Maurice (treasurer); Kelsey Smith (director); Kristi Meier (director); Lacosta Squires (director); Chantal Stefan (director); David Randall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Action on Homelessness Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846109213RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.