Helping Spirit Lodge Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 133811406RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,389,346) as filed with the CRA.
Helping Spirit Lodge Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $156K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Spirit lodge (transition house) spirit way (second stage house) journey home housing program (housing homeless) ks mixed market residential and commercial outreach program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | — | $678K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | — | $479K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $156K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doris Peter (president); Adriana Ruso (treasurer); Renee Aldana (director); Lillian Antelope (director); Deborah Baker (director); Jennifer Smith (director); Kirby Azak (director); Claudia Wang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Helping Spirit Lodge Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133811406RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.