Habitat for Humanity Society of Greater Vancouver
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 881983183RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,796,133) as filed with the CRA.
Habitat for Humanity Society of Greater Vancouver is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $768K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 80 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Habitat for humanity society of greater vancouver (hfhgv) builds affordable housing for families in need. Hfhgv oprates four restores. The first store was opened in 2007. The restores solicit donations of used or surplus building materials and equipment which it sells to raise funds used to finance the building of homes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $6.8M | $5.3M | $121K | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $8.3M | $5.4M | $435K | — | $15M |
| 2022 | $5.9M | $6.6M | $4.8M | $275K | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $5.4M | $4M | $225K | — | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $5.4M | $3.9M | $2.9M | $123K | — | $6.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $768K from 14 charities:
- Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada$565K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$93K
- Wesmont Foundation$50K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$23K
- Vancouver Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,357
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,966
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Sant Jalaram Charitable Foundation of North America$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Fondation RONA$841
- Fondation RONA$303
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$139
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
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
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions80
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Bakken (director); Mandeep Binng (director); Christina Burke (director); Gareth Carline (director); Sonny Gill; Jean-Philipe Picard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Habitat for Humanity Society of Greater Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881983183RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.