Catholic Justice Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 799506514RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,988) as filed with the CRA.
Catholic Justice Services Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $177K in revenue and $165K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 65% from government, 23% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1) We operate support and accountability groups (Circles) of 3-4 volunteers who assist an individual sexual offender through weekly meetings and one-on-on contacts to safely and successfully reintegrate into the community. In order to facilitate these groups we recruit screen obtain clearance for and provide training (both basic and advanced) to the volunteers who serve on the support and accountability Circles. We interview and screen ex-offenders who are referred to the program by staff of correctional institutions as well as community correctional staff. 2) We advance education of th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $177K | $165K | $124K | $4,000 | $0 | $390K |
| 2023 | $210K | $13K | — | — | $0 | $351K |
| 2022 | $222K | $112K | — | — | — | $284K |
| 2021 | $268K | $133K | $112K | $3,159 | — | $174K |
| 2020 | $156K | $139K | $124K | — | — | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 6 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$114K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$53K
- The Basilian Fathers of Toronto$5,000
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,509
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- 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)
Father Makoto Watanabe (president); Maureen Donegan (vice-president); Noval Lee-Son (treasurer); Anita Tetreault Callahan (director); Peter Rolvink (director); Ron Holton (secretary); Michael Sanya (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catholic Justice Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799506514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.