Adult & Teen Challenge Society of BC
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 108167891RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,775,345) as filed with the CRA.
Adult & Teen Challenge Society of BC is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 59 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $293K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
12 month residential program for men and women struggling with life-controlling addiction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $68K | — | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.6M | $25K | — | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.6M | — | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $3,386 | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $2M | $1.9M | $38K | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $293K from 59 charities:
- The Lightheart Foundation$40K
- Abundance Canada$31K
- T & L Neufeld Trust$25K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$19K
- Evangel Tabernacle of Kelowna$18K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$11K
- Traine Charitable Foundation$10K
- Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church$8,356
- Grace Baptist Church$8,000
- The Foundation Office.ca$6,000
- Life Spring Church Abbotsford$6,000
- Main Street Church Society$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack B.C.$4,250
- Centra Cares Foundation$3,900
- Sardis Community Church$3,600
- Christian Life Assembly$3,600
- Kelowna Christian Reformed Church$3,566
- Canadian Reformed Church at Yarrow$3,070
- Courage Foundation$3,000
- Mercy Multiplied Canada Society$3,000
- Aldergrove Gospel Chapel$2,600
- Hope City Abbotsford Church Society$2,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Giesbrecht (board member); Gregory Palmer (board chair); Marco Silvestri (board member); Angeles Appenheimer (ex officio board member); Paul Macleod (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Adult & Teen Challenge Society of BC’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108167891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.