Greenwoods Eldercare Society
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 107457731RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,387,403) as filed with the CRA.
Greenwoods Eldercare Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $8.7M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,814.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Operation of a licensed 51 bed intermediate care facility and a 30 apartment assisted living facility. Other programs and services offered to the salt spring island community include short – term respite care community bathing adult care and meals-on-wheels
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.7M | $8.4M | $8.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $7.8M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.4M | $7.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $7M | $7M | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $6M | $6.1M | $6M | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,814 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$6.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dorrie Ferster (chair); Mark Cheveland (director); Paul Roberts (director); Wayne Glover (director); Paul Morrad (director); Peter Grove (director); Lisa Macintosh (director); Silk Questo (director); Eleanor Dawson (director); Pamela Ramsay (director); Claire Cupples (director); Jane McCoy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greenwoods Eldercare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107457731RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.