Caring Families Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 863549556RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($802,837) as filed with the CRA.
Caring Families Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $634K in revenue and $803K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $742.
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 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Providing support and education for foster parents under the family care home model.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $634K | $803K | $517K | — | — | $247K |
| 2023 | $503K | $504K | $403K | — | — | $245K |
| 2022 | $513K | $500K | $400K | — | — | $245K |
| 2021 | $488K | $493K | $407K | — | — | $232K |
| 2020 | $458K | $435K | $346K | — | — | $237K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $742 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$383K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Case (past chair); Diane Burrows (director at large); Mariann Rathlou (secretary); Jo Axe (treasurer); Lenora Marcellus (director at large); Diane Daigle (chairperson); Karyn Cooper (vice chairperson); Heather Lawson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caring Families Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863549556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.