Directions Society: Center For Sacramental Vocation
Charitable organization · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 821032364RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,649) as filed with the CRA.
Directions Society: Center For Sacramental Vocation is a charitable organization based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $45K in revenue and $51K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $45K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To advance religion by providing instructional seminars to clergy church leaders and members of the general public. To advance religion by offering programs such as spiritual direction pastoral counseling retreats clergy support groups. To advance religion by conducting christian faith based clinical/spiritual crises and prevention support. To advance religion by cooperating with the broad-based christian church community and support them in their development and delivery of their development and delivery of sacramental awareness mission and leadership
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $45K | $51K | $40K | — | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $42K | $45K | $35K | — | — | $17K |
| 2022 | $47K | $33K | $25K | — | — | $20K |
| 2021 | $28K | $31K | $25K | — | — | $5,872 |
| 2020 | $28K | $28K | $26K | — | — | $8,365 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Verena Von Breman (secretary); Henrietta Harrison (chair person); David Hunter (treasurer); Will Wiens (director); Stephanie Seiler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Directions Society: Center For Sacramental Vocation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821032364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.