Atira Development Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 898283791RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,119,992) as filed with the CRA.
Atira Development Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
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 74% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Programs to relieve poverty by providing affordable housing for persons of low or low to moderate incomes with a focus on persons affected by gender inequality and gender based violence with an emphasis on independent or light support mixed-income and mixed use rental buildings.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $11M |
| 2023 | $13.5M | $6,872 | $6.7M | — | — | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $6.6M | $6.4M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $3.9M | $4M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$198K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Howey (chair); Elva Kim (director); Margaret Lucas (director); Rhiannon Mabberley (director); Michelle Yung (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atira Development Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898283791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.