Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society
Charitable organization · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 897696993RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,913,157) as filed with the CRA.
Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society is a charitable organization based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (12 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $741K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Kuu-us crisis line society purposes: a) to provide 24 hour telephone crisis intervention and counselling (listening) service. B) to relieve poverty by assisting individuals in need to obtain temporary emergency shelter. C) to relieve poverty by assisting individuals in need to obtain safe independent affordable housing. D) to relieve poverty by providing individuals in need with life-skills training on such topics as employment seeking services the qualifications process for income assistance or disability to obtain income security financial budgeting and shopping on a limited budget …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | $910K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $741K | $675K | $579K | $15K | — | $855K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Allen (director); Dennis Hetu (director); Rachel Williams (director); Leisa Hassall (director); Andrea Amos-Baker (board chair); Alison Wale (vice chair); Ed Newman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897696993RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.