Compassion Fruit Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 863326468RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($364,362) as filed with the CRA.
Compassion Fruit Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $309K in revenue and $364K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $343K.
Compared with 2,516 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Project somos provide quality education and health food to families in need. As an education centre provides programming to children in surrounding community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $309K | $364K | $354K | — | — | $733K |
| 2022 | $243K | $411K | $301K | $32K | — | $788K |
| 2021 | $262K | $311K | $280K | $6,938 | — | $957K |
| 2020 | $422K | $391K | $340K | $12K | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $343K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- Hope Foundation$102K
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,260
- Vancouver Foundation$521
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$500
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$24
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arne Bister (chair); Angela Hanley (secretary); James Simon (board member); Angie Cazares (board member); Fern Logan (vice chair); Liana Cathoir (board member); Les Irvin (board member); Ilana Jakubowski (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compassion Fruit Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863326468RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.