Better Life Integration & Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 845755875RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($203,239) as filed with the CRA.
Better Life Integration & Support Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $196K in revenue and $203K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $120K in 2020 to $196K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs 1. One-on-one pastoral counseling. Be it in the context of a spiritual care plan or as needed the better life' clinical team in trained to offer various types of counseling from spiritual direction emotional and behavioural therpay life coaching to crisi prevention and cism. Complex cases requiring specialized intervention beyond the scope or capacity of the current staff are referred to appropriate service providers and clinicals. 2. Mediation and conflict resolution. Our chaplaincy team is ready to assist offenders in their reconciliation and restorative justice e…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $196K | $203K | $500 | — | — | $54K |
| 2023 | $191K | $186K | — | — | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $160K | $128K | — | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $134K | $127K | — | — | — | $25K |
| 2020 | $120K | $116K | $50K | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $56K from 5 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- White Rock Life Church$1,200
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- BenefAction 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$177K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ryan Johnson (director); David Jackson (director); Doug Rempel (director); Grace Lian-Bodenbach (director); Rob Spratt (director); XI (sarah) Xu (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Better Life Integration & Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845755875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.