Burnaby Community Services Society
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118821628RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($584,907) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $515K in revenue and $585K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 34% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $127K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Burnaby Community Services Society (BCSS) assists families with low income and seniors experiencing isolation. BCSS provides subsidies for children to attend summer camp provides gifts for children of low income families at Christmas and hampers for seniors with low income as well as for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. BCSS provides transportation for seniors for medical and dental appointments tax and form filling assistance to those in need and community resource publications. BCSS provides legal information and assistance to residents of Burnaby living with low income …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $515K | $585K | $540K | — | — | $293K |
| 2023 | $706K | $708K | $663K | — | — | $363K |
| 2022 | $296K | $316K | $285K | — | — | $364K |
| 2021 | $574K | $465K | $340K | $21K | — | $384K |
| 2020 | $596K | $520K | $383K | $18K | — | $274K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $127K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$347K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ted Wiens (vice chair/chair); Sue Montabello (secretary); Kevin Rakhra (board member); Alfred Romann (board member/vice chair); Kathryn Yamamoto (board member/fundraising chair); Ronnie Bahia (board member); Harjit Sandhu (board member); Kathy Berggren-Clive (board member); Ying Qian (Jenny) Zhao (board member); Nikhil Jain (treasurer); Kelvin Wu (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118821628RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.