Islanders Working Against Violence Society
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 899527279RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,143,854) as filed with the CRA.
Islanders Working Against Violence Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $3M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operate a Transition House Second Stage housing and Anti-violence services for women and their children who are victims of violence and abuse; affordable housing for low to moderate income individuals people with disabilities seniors and small families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $3.1M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $2.4M | — | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $197K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $481K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $355K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $121K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Natalie Gold (vice-chair); Kristi Reynolds (treasurer); Jayne Lloyd-Jones (chair); Mylene Dammel-Sherrin (director); Barbara Casey (secretary); Andria Scanlan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Islanders Working Against Violence Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899527279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.