Eastside Movement for Business and Economic Renewal Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 869910513RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,721,674) as filed with the CRA.
Eastside Movement for Business and Economic Renewal Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18.4M in revenue and $17.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Community economic development charity that works to combat poverty and assist the revitalization of vancouver through community based business development. Offers employment services and small business training to empower disadvantaged people to be economically self-sufficient.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.4M | $17.7M | $16.4M | — | — | $9.5M |
| 2023 | $18.8M | $17.8M | $16.4M | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2022 | $17.7M | $16.6M | $15.5M | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $18.3M | $17.8M | $16.9M | — | — | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $16.3M | $15.3M | $14.7M | — | — | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$12.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kent Chawrun (treasurer); Marcia Nozick (director); Barry Fenton (president); Luke Harrison (director); Geoffrey Howard (director); Chris May (director); Katrina Shum (director); Chad Wetsch (director); Mary Clare Zak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eastside Movement for Business and Economic Renewal Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869910513RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.