Advokate Life & Education Services Society
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 133318832RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,842,333) as filed with the CRA.
Advokate Life & Education Services Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $347K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Educational materials lending library newsletter pregnancy service centres speakers for schools and community groups free maternity and baby supplies for low income parents texting help line it provides accurate information tangible resources and emotional support to people facing various complex life issues including low-income families women facing unplanned pregnancies and people experiencing emotional or psychological distress due to a past abortion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1M | $405K | — | $542K |
| 2023 | $929K | $541K | $290K | $149K | — | $644K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $862K | $262K | — | $419K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $776K | $119K | — | $488K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $934K | $659K | $142K | — | $472K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $347K from 45 charities:
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$51K
- Fleming Foundation$50K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$31K
- Celtic Cross Charitable Foundation Trust$30K
- Town and Field Church$29K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Wesmont Foundation$13K
- Benchmark Properties Charitable Foundation$11K
- Northview Community Church$10K
- Faith Alive Fellowship Inc.$10K
- Canadian Reformed Church of Langley$9,851
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,818
- Abundance Canada$7,600
- Transform Central Ministries$6,845
- The Foundation Office.ca$6,000
- Arlin Foundation$5,000
- Reimer Foundation$5,000
- The Aslan Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Christian Life Assembly$3,600
- Willoughby Christian Reformed Church$3,215
- Free Reformed Church of Langley$2,410
- Rose of Sharon Baptist Church$2,010
- Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church$1,742
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerry Pol (board chair); Rick Sewell (director); Gudrun Adam (director); Tonisha Flokstra (secretary); Frieda Janzen (director); Ronald Sturm (treasurer); Imran Daniel (director); Karissa Rowe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Advokate Life & Education Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133318832RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.