Avalon Recovery Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 897921151RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($738,386) as filed with the CRA.
Avalon Recovery Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $736K in revenue and $738K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 13% from government, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $316K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $484K in 2020 to $736K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Peer support; provide non-residential drop-in facilities for women in recovery from substance abuse/addiction; provide resource information for social assistance alcohol/drug counselling and treatment; produce and distribute outreach brochures/newsletters; provide free childcare 12-2 pm weekdays; provide workshops/seminarsfor women in recovery; provide a clothing give-away program and a learning library of books on addiction/recovery. As an extension of our existing programs we started avalon online last year. Avalon online was developed as a response to covid-19 restrictions and t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $736K | $738K | $718K | $9,335 | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $614K | $728K | $604K | $1,799 | — | $134K |
| 2022 | $537K | $629K | $514K | $6,304 | — | $254K |
| 2021 | $450K | $537K | $505K | $1,105 | — | $348K |
| 2020 | $484K | $217K | $398K | $1,861 | — | $450K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $316K from 28 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$72K
- Larkspur Foundation$60K
- Jones Family Foundation$40K
- Walsh Foundation$24K
- Seacliff Foundation$20K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$15K
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$12K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$10K
- Wesik Family Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$6,750
- Bridges Family Memorial Foundation$5,000
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Surreycares Community Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,500
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Charles & Julie Bentall Family Foundation$2,000
- Anako Foundation$2,000
- Parish of ST Mary's Kerrisdale$1,425
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,064
- Schein Foundation$1,000
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$1,000
- The Helpalittle Foundation$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$546K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carrie Dejong (director); Eileen Kenkel (president); Annie McCullough (director); Valerie Olafson (director); Katheryn Manning (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avalon Recovery Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897921151RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.