Central City Housing Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890325533RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,772,883) as filed with the CRA.
Central City Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $964K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society provides residential accommodations and related facilities programs and services for persons in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | -$7.4M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | -$7.2M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | -$6.9M |
| 2021 | $875K | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | -$6.2M |
| 2020 | $964K | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | -$5.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$714K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Varley (director); Samuel Jang (director); Tom Syer (director); Miles Richardson (director); Cliff Fregin (director); Cory Douglas (director); Saravan Veylan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central City Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890325533RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.