Dixon Transition Society
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 129778130RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,881,585) as filed with the CRA.
Dixon Transition Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 47% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The society operates emergency shelter for women and children survivors of domestic violence and operates supportive second stage housing and third stage housing programs. The society also provides stopping the violence counselling family counselling and housing outreach. Volunteers contribute to maintenance of the facilities workshops and supports for clients and governance of the organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $2.9M | $2.3M | $98K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $95K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $77K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $72K | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $4,603 | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 15 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$49K
- Cause We Care Foundation$24K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$18K
- Women's Shelters Canada$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,998
- The Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation$3,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,360
- Vancouver Foundation$1,336
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,100
- Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$710
- Relling Family Foundation$500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Cheung (treasurer); Shamsa Jessa (vice chair); Martin Pinho (chair); Donna Shum (director); Zoe Strazza (secretary); Shawn Miner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dixon Transition Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129778130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.