Eureka Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 899743181RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($272,738) as filed with the CRA.
Eureka Support Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, 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 $286K in revenue and $273K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $177K in 2020 to $286K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Assisting in rehabilitation and promote the well being of psychiatric patients. Operate social vocational and recreational services for psychiatric patients. To encourage self help and independent decision making by psychiatric patients. Provide crisis prevention and support for psychiatric and former psyciatric patients daily
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $286K | $273K | $221K | — | — | $434K |
| 2023 | $336K | $242K | $197K | — | — | $420K |
| 2022 | $189K | $232K | $182K | — | — | $326K |
| 2021 | $230K | $195K | $117K | — | — | $369K |
| 2020 | $177K | $176K | $96K | — | — | $334K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Vanden Dries (president); Danita Cox (vice president); Dierdre Mellin (director); James Buchanan (director); Heidi Deagle (director); Erik Ericksson (treasurer); Garrick Bradshaw (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eureka Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899743181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.