Greater Victoria Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108173238RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,359,868) as filed with the CRA.
Greater Victoria Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $35.7M in revenue and $12.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.4M in 2020 to $35.7M in 2024.
In its own words
Provide and operate subsidized rental housing for low to moderate income seniors families and disabled adults. Provide and operate below market rental housing for low to moderate income adults and families
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35.7M | $12.4M | — | $10.9M | — | $104.1M |
| 2023 | $32.9M | $10.6M | $9.4M | — | — | $80.9M |
| 2022 | $13.5M | $9.8M | — | — | — | $50.6M |
| 2021 | $33.1M | $8.2M | — | — | — | $40.5M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $6.8M | — | — | — | $15.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 4 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greater Victoria Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108173238RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.