Community Builders Benevolence Group
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 860543578RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,884,586) as filed with the CRA.
Community Builders Benevolence Group is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $23M in revenue and $22.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $274K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 221 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $23M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
CBG programs are purposed to provide low cost housings to individuals at risk of homelessness through our Whole Life Housing program and our supportive centers in clients' quest to wellness and self-sufficiency. CBG also continues to support at risk children with developmental issues as well as parents with housing and independent living assistance in Greater Vancouver. Our Pay it Forward grant program for small businesses support people from communities of extreme poverty in Haiti in their quest to find natural pathways to wellness and self-sufficiency.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23M | $22.9M | $20.7M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $17.4M | $16.3M | $14.6M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $13.2M | $13M | $11.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $12.9M | $12.2M | $10.9M | — | — | $959K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | — | — | — | — | $258K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $274K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions221
- Total compensation, all staff$15.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Caleigh Ashe (director); Emily Beers (director); Alison Paton (secretary); Adrianna Spyker (director); Bryan Jones (president); Chad Watts (director); Sabrina Higgins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Builders Benevolence Group’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860543578RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.