Covenant House Vancouver
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 897675625RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($26,814,007) as filed with the CRA.
Covenant House Vancouver is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $27.2M in revenue and $26.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 16% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 227 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.9M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 233 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Covenant House Vancouver offers a 24-hour crisis shelter a supported living program street outreach and drop-in service for youth aged at 16-24 who are homeless and at risk of homeless. Covenant House Vancouver supports young people by providing a continuum of care that responds to the individual needs of each young person who comes to us for help. In additional to food shelter and clothing Covenant House Vancouver also offers mental health drug and alcohol counselling to over 1 000 youth annually.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.2M | $26.8M | $19.7M | $5.1M | — | $20.7M |
| 2023 | $23.1M | — | — | — | — | $20.2M |
| 2022 | $21.9M | $21.1M | $14.4M | $4.9M | — | $20.2M |
| 2021 | $21.7M | $19.9M | $13M | $5.2M | — | $19.5M |
| 2020 | $20.8M | $18.5M | $12.3M | $4.5M | — | $17.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5.9M from 227 charities:
- Nicola Family Foundation$600K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$588K
- The 625 Powell Street Foundation$500K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$431K
- Pacific Spirit Foundation$300K
- Vancouver Foundation$220K
- Canadahelps Canadon$205K
- Canadahelps Canadon$205K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$200K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$181K
- April 1 Foundation$150K
- Munford Family Foundation$105K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$102K
- Al Roadburg Foundation$100K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$100K
- Jones Family Foundation$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97K
- The Hazel Stewart Foundation$90K
- Cedar Springs Foundation$71K
- Arcadia Foundation$70K
- Aqueduct Foundation$66K
- BenefAction Foundation$64K
- The Steven Chambers Foundation$55K
- Krogseth Foundation$50K
- RBC Foundation$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions233
- Total compensation, all staff$19.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Halliday (board member); Joy MacPhail (board member); Melanie Hennessey (board member/chair); Cynthia Johansen (board member); Tamara Wong (board member); Steve Munford (board member/vice chair); Jayana Darras (board member/treasuer); Peter Lukomskyj (board member); Wade Grant (board member); Lisa Dallon (board member); Jane Dardi (board member); Christian Kittleson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Covenant House Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897675625RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.