British Columbia Bereavement Helpline
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 133476333RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($206,807) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Bereavement Helpline is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $237K in revenue and $207K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Our helpline is open mon-fri 9am-5pm and we had extended hours wed (5p-8p) and sat (9a-1p) apr-june 2024. Helpline operates with 10-12 volunteers. We host 8-week suicide and homicide grief support groups. We also hosted two in person events with our victims of homicide program one large scale in surrey with community partners also involved. We regular host traumatic loss facilitator trg for those interested in learning how to support those coping with traumatic loss. We provide grief education and training sessions online and in person to communities throughout bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $237K | $207K | $173K | $1,392 | — | $27K |
| 2023 | $234K | $232K | $168K | $210 | — | $2,879 |
| 2022 | $230K | $207K | $201K | — | — | $30K |
| 2021 | $139K | $141K | $88K | — | — | $11K |
| 2020 | $185K | $194K | $161K | $500 | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$129K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brad Martin (president); Jim Cessford (past president); Bharat Ahuja (treasurer); Holly Mitton (director); Kelli Forster (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Bereavement Helpline’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133476333RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.