Independent Living Housing Society of Greater Victoria
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107505364RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,328,417) as filed with the CRA.
Independent Living Housing Society of Greater Victoria is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $5.5M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,119.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 59 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Housing and care for seniors low-income and those with disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $4.8M | — | — | $783K |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $4.2M | — | — | $653K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.1M | — | — | $571K |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $4.2M | $3.7M | — | — | $575K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.6M | $3.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,119 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions59
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Matthie (treasurer); Kelly Saindon (vice president); Dianne Paquette (president); Delores Thompson (director); Asselstine Roy (director); .
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independent Living Housing Society of Greater Victoria’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107505364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.