Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 865088140RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,691,517) as filed with the CRA.
Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $526K.
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 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Builds houses for low income families using volunteer labour and donations of money land and materials. Qualified families purchase the homes with individualized affordable mortgages. Operates two 'restore' locations which sell new and used building materials and other household goods that are donated to the organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $3.7M | $3.5M | $9,422 | — | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.6M | $7.5M | $2,514 | — | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $3M | $6,256 | — | $6.7M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $50K | — | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $735K | $15K | — | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $526K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Wright (board chair); Paul Ives (director); Lindsay Monk (director); Gardiner Macdermot (director); Eric Macdonald (director); Archana Ananthanarayan (director); Heather Buchanan (treasurer); Terry Farrell (director); Aundrea Kvisle (director); Jane Murphy (director); Sue McKitrick (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865088140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.