Better Days Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 877288001RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,169) as filed with the CRA.
Better Days Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $44K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,940.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $31K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide funding to financially troubled families who are dealing with a child/children with challenging medical situations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $44K | $0 | — | $34K | $65K |
| 2023 | $30K | $26K | $8,812 | — | $17K | $59K |
| 2022 | $27K | $27K | $500 | — | $26K | $44K |
| 2021 | $26K | $22K | $300 | — | $22K | — |
| 2020 | $31K | $39K | $6,470 | — | $33K | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,940 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Shaw (director); William McGinty (director); Jerry McKenzie (director); Robert McLaughlin (director); Robert Goble (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Better Days Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877288001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.