Alternate Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118784511RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($970,132) as filed with the CRA.
Alternate Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $970K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $805.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $612K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Alternate shelter society provides residential and support services to a population
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $970K | $861K | — | — | $325K |
| 2023 | $884K | $713K | $627K | — | — | $244K |
| 2022 | $639K | $643K | $600K | — | — | $73K |
| 2021 | $681K | — | — | — | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $612K | $592K | $516K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $805 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$816K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Horie (president); Rhonda Peters (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alternate Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118784511RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.