Connections Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 139407670RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,528,526) as filed with the CRA.
Connections Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 50% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Youth support and employment programs (including: station stretch youth school support outreach rbc youth works youth employment connect student connect) indigenous programs (outreach support and cultural education) intergenerational programs (generations connect - seniors and youth generations homework club and stay in school (including youth and children educational supports) connections kids club: we provide learning mentorship tutoring and out of school activities that include camps and before and after school care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $153K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $232K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $756K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $574K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerry Huang (finance chair); Siu Hang (gary) Ma (president); Brian Xie (director); Michelle Zhou (director); Peng Wang (director); Ben Choi (director); Cora Lai (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Connections Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139407670RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.