Communities Embracing Restorative Action (cera) Society
Publicly funded institution · Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 867932675RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($168,166) as filed with the CRA.
Communities Embracing Restorative Action (cera) Society is a charitable organization based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $133K in revenue and $168K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,500.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Community youth justice program (cyjp): operating in metro vancouver cyjp offers and alternative to the traditional court system to youth facing potential charge for criminal offences. The program accepts referrals mainly from local police services and crown. Using the principles of restorative justice trained facilitators meet with the youth accused their victims and support persons for both parties. Preliminary meetings are usually followed by a reconciliation conference to explore and mend the harm that has occurred .a restitution agreement is made by both parties that is fulfilled by the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $168K | $77K | — | — | $96K |
| 2023 | $179K | $161K | $74K | — | — | $131K |
| 2022 | $175K | $153K | $70K | — | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $179K | $146K | $67K | — | — | $91K |
| 2020 | $157K | $149K | $69K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$120K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia Airhart (diector); Tarrance Grieve (director); Moncrief Carstairs (treasurer); Adam Ross (chair); Lorne Zapotichny (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Communities Embracing Restorative Action (cera) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867932675RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.