Gathering the Circle Society
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 891337636RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,116,324) as filed with the CRA.
Gathering the Circle Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $20.6M in revenue and $20.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $579.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.5M in 2020 to $20.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The agency is providing the full continuum of child welfare services. The society is delegated and works with the mcfd in bc. The agency provides delegated child protection services where we use least instrusive measures before having to remove children and placing them in our care. The agency provides guardianship to about 100 children in care. We also provide residential resources where we study foster homes and are responsible for specialized resources for our children in care. The agency also has an adoption program. The agency also provides program to promote family strengthening through…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.6M | $20.1M | $20.1M | $0 | $0 | $4M |
| 2023 | $14.8M | $14.5M | $8.4M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $11.9M | $11.5M | — | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $11M | $10.4M | — | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $10.5M | $9.9M | — | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $579 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$5.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blair Harvey (treasurer); Jenelle McMillan (president); Maria Reed (vice president); Glenn Ohs (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gathering the Circle Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891337636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.