Homestart Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 872814504RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($177,094) as filed with the CRA.
Homestart Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $175K in revenue and $177K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $102K in 2020 to $175K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We collect warehouse and distribute household furnishings given to us by the public at large to individuals and families in need in vancouver and the surrounding areas. We liaise with organizations (go/ngo) such as s.u.c.c.e.s.s. Salvation army and coast mental health to name a few to determine needy individuals and families. We only provide furnishings to families who are referred to us by other front-line charities and organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $175K | $177K | $138K | $847 | — | $13K |
| 2023 | $128K | $161K | $125K | $850 | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $149K | $139K | $109K | $804 | — | $47K |
| 2021 | $140K | $130K | — | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $102K | $83K | — | — | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$104K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Ferguson (director); Vikki Stevenson (director); Katri Ulmonen (director); Jeremy Bell (director); Alex Holmes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Homestart Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872814504RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.