Centre for Family Equity Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 807331376RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($392,082) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Family Equity Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $481K in revenue and $392K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
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 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ongoing work on provincial charter challenge legal action regarding access to legal aid for poor mothers. -Carrying out public education and stakeholder awareness on public policy solutions to family poverty in BC Community engaged research on the impact
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $481K | $392K | $278K | $221 | — | $169K |
| 2023 | $85K | $85K | — | $367 | — | $1,739 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$195K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erin Arnold (treasurer); Train Mai Eagle Speaker (board member); Katharine Anne Jarman (secretary); Andii Stephens (chair); Leila Trickey (board member); Josephine Gyamfuah-Amonu (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Family Equity Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807331376RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.