Cassie and Friends: A Society for Children with Juvenile Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 809180201RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($857,550) as filed with the CRA.
Cassie and Friends: A Society for Children with Juvenile Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $858K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $751K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $604K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provide education connection and support for the juvenile arthritis and other childhood rheumatic disease community through: (a) the cassie + friends website (www.cassieandfriends.ca); (b) newsletters pamphlets and brochures; (c) a virtual education webinar series;(d) awareness activities include presentations campaigns and displays; (e) educational conferences and events; (f) an online parent support network; (g) access to free medical equipment and financial support; (h) youth programs offering social events education leadership opportunities and awards and peer connection for teens…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $858K | $756K | $23K | $28K | $959K |
| 2023 | $751K | $967K | $558K | $93K | $254K | $609K |
| 2022 | $667K | $451K | $365K | $36K | — | $825K |
| 2021 | $639K | $505K | $353K | $49K | $11K | $610K |
| 2020 | $604K | $416K | $265K | $47K | $90K | $476K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $751K from 20 charities:
- Beedie Foundation$400K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$151K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$52K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,196
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$1,069
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- Centra Cares Foundation$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$360
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$221
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$150
- The Concord Projects Foundation Inc.$150
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$62
- United Way of Greater Toronto$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$458K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
David Porte (chair); Lori Tucker (medical advisor); Sonya Gallbraith (vice-chair); Kelsey Chomistek (youth/patient advisor); Allison Brennan (youth/patient advisor); Darren Hawrish (director); Tony Kim (treasurer).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cassie and Friends: A Society for Children with Juvenile Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809180201RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.