Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107380982RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,305,097) as filed with the CRA.
Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $3.1M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $261K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $550K in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
As a community-based organization the society (a) provides administers and maintains a multi-use facility for the community of fernwood. (b) provides childcare parenting classes programs for senior citizens and a community garden for the benefit of the community of fernwood and (c) provides and operated non-profit residential accommodation and incidental facilities for adult persons of low income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3.3M | $2.9M | — | — | $738K |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $989K |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | $121K | $1M |
| 2020 | $550K | $594K | $589K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $261K from 11 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$98K
- Norgaard Foundation$30K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- Downtown Blanshard Advisory Committee$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$15K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$15K
- First West Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,203
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,707
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Matthaus (vice-chair); Eric Swanson (director); Rob Gillezeau (director); Justin Best (director); Jessie Margolus (director); Tonny Kiptoo (director); Jade Ashbourne (director); Christy Pham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107380982RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.