Carefree Society
Publicly funded institution · Prince George, British Columbia · BN 118838358RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($361,294) as filed with the CRA.
Carefree Society is a charitable organization based in Prince George, 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 $360K in revenue and $361K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 29% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $35K in 2020, the largest being $35K to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern BC Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $360K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We operate an accessible transportation service within the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. Last year ending March 31 2024 we provided active services until August 2023 consisting of 9230 Handy Dart rides. We have had over 180 volunteer hours for building upkeep yard maintenance and board meetings. We are continuing an accessible transportation service in the planning phase to be delivered in and around the vicinity of Prince George as of 2025/26.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $360K | $361K | $283K | — | — | $446K |
| 2023 | $959K | $915K | $739K | — | — | $451K |
| 2022 | $987K | $936K | $767K | — | — | $407K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $853K | — | $0 | $356K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | $196K | $0 | $308K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $35K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$223K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Biron (president); Terry Pipkey (vice-president); Linda Renner (secretary); Stephanie Dix (director); Rhonda Gardy (treasurer); Bari Colebank (director); Debbie Rowe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Carefree Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118838358RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.