Hope for Freedom Society
Charitable organization · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 869633461RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,693,598) as filed with the CRA.
Hope for Freedom Society is a charitable organization based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $296K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Addiction recovery services and programs including room and board counselling 12-step recovery programs life skills training spiritual development. Also outreach programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $26K | — | $724K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $2,761 | — | $876K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $13K | — | $709K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $8,026 | — | $650K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $6,328 | — | $314K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $296K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Port Coquitlam Community Foundation$79K
- Coquitlam Alliance Church$30K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,416
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$4,000
- Mercy Multiplied Canada Society$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Northridge Foursquare Gospel Church of Maple Ridge$1,000
- Cascade Gospel Chapel$807
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$396
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$883K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Hughes (director); Brian Tiessen (chair); Ben Hew (secretary); Diane Thiessen (vice chair); Matthew Yoon (treasurer); Robert Loewen (director); Kelly Cliff (director); Boisclair Wes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope for Freedom Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869633461RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.