Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118879790RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($537,283) as filed with the CRA.
Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $476K in revenue and $537K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 39% from government, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Suicide awareness and education presentations in middle and high schools Mindfulness sessions in middle schools Online emotional support services through Youthspace.ca Community workshops about Mental Health and suicide prevention (ASIST MHFA MHFA-Y SafeTALK)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $476K | $537K | $446K | $865 | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $520K | $552K | $475K | — | — | $72K |
| 2022 | $537K | $471K | $359K | $446 | — | $104K |
| 2021 | $590K | $523K | $375K | — | — | $39K |
| 2020 | $407K | $422K | $330K | $0 | $0 | -$28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 12 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$35K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$31K
- RBC Foundation$30K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$26K
- Chris-Spencer Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- Foord Family Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,534
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$438
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$435K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tonja De Roy (co-chair); Kayla Bergsson (co-chair); Violet Gaffney (director); Bryan Lynka (treasurer); Brandon Carnduff (director); Adam Miller (director); Hope Tagesen (director); Adam Donaldson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118879790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.