Dania Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118882075RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,891,564) as filed with the CRA.
Dania Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $237K | — | $7M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $236K | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $6.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $29K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Christensen (president); Anne Christensen (treasurer); Ebba Grey (secretary); Sussanne Hoiberg (director); Dan Olsen (vice president); Jane Roberts (director); Else Rollke (director); Kim Christensen (director); Christopher Roberts (director); Megan Christensen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dania Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118882075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.