Chimo Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 118852953RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,695,091) as filed with the CRA.
Chimo Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $3.8M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $197K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Crisis lines nova transition house women's counselling children's counselling adult and youth counselling community engagement outreach and advocacy homeless prevention program settlement program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.4M | $2,584 | — | $825K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3M | $2.8M | $3,059 | — | $714K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $684 | — | $705K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $6,447 | — | $718K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | $4,790 | — | $646K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $197K from 15 charities:
- Richmond Community Foundation$84K
- Lingyen Mountain Temple (canada)$30K
- Gilmore Park United Church$21K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$18K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$14K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$7,840
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,124
- Jeremy's Memorial Foundation Against Domestic Violence$2,908
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,025
- Buddha's Light International Association - Vancouver$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Westpointe Christian Centre Association$1,000
- Monic Charity Foundation$650
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$347
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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Cowman (president); Deb Track (secretary); Gurveer Bhullar (vice president); Frederika Renaud (vice president); Jason LI (treasurer); Richard Da Costa (director); Simon Kaebe (director); Shivam Khurania (director); Helen Mau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chimo Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118852953RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.