Hope in Shadows Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888360104RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($686,868) as filed with the CRA.
Hope in Shadows Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $603K in revenue and $687K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 30% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $206K.
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 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $208K in 2020 to $603K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Hope in shadows supports employment training for marginalized persons. Programs include a free vendor program to train resource and support marginalized individuals with a focus on people experiencing poverty and homelessness to earn money by sell selling megaphone magazines and hope in shadows calendars on the streets of vancouver; free writing workshops to empower marginalized individuals to develop creative writing and journalism skills; and free public speaking and public engagement training for marginalized individuals to address stigma around homelessness poverty drug use and other …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $603K | $687K | $623K | $68K | — | $122K |
| 2023 | $603K | $733K | — | $38K | $8,500 | $206K |
| 2022 | $737K | $783K | $578K | $73K | $100K | $336K |
| 2021 | $538K | $495K | $323K | $44K | — | $383K |
| 2020 | $208K | $193K | $173K | $14K | — | $70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $206K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Koerner Foundation$40K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$16K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$4,981
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$4,000
- Face the World Foundation$4,000
- Somerset Foundation$3,200
- City in Focus Foundation$1,500
- Iain Harris Family Foundation$1,000
- Schein Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$811
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$721
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$483
- The Houssian Foundation$415
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$62
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$368K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stefania Seccia (co-chair); Laura Hudson (treasurer); Kevin Hollett (co-chair); Marco Sotres (vice chair); Jonathan Chapnick (director); Colleen Lamothe (director); Kyra Faber (director); Anastasia French (director); Colin Joseph Watt Clark (director); Beverly Walker (director); Allison Laing (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope in Shadows Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888360104RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.