Brella Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 129908489RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,014,320) as filed with the CRA.
Brella Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $4M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $541K.
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 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,095 in 2024, the largest being $1,095 to Crescent Housing Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Since 1977 brella community services society has been making a difference in surrey and white rock through community-based services to older adults people living with dementia their families and caregivers enabling them to lead full engaged and meaningful lives. Our vision is to live in a safe inclusive engaging and diverse community where older adults experience dignity and feel valued. Our values are: integrity respect compassion inclusiveness collaboration and excellence. We currently employ 53 team members and have a roster of 120 active volunteers supporting our communit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4M | $3.6M | $43K | $1,096 | $2M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.6M | $3.1M | $14K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $5,860 | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $6,568 | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $10K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,095 to 1 qualified donee:
- Crescent Housing Society$1,095
Received $541K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Barefoot (treasurer); Srabjeet Dua (board member); Cherry Harriman (secretary); Douglas Hart (chairperson); Gordon Hogg (board member); Eryn Jackson (board member); Jasper Macabulos (board member); Heather Martin (vice chairperson); John Turner (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brella Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129908489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.