Laren Society: Journey From Inside Out
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119007045RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,409) as filed with the CRA.
Laren Society: Journey From Inside Out is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $907K in revenue and $806K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,001.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
A community resource centre operating a half-way house for men on parole seeking to successfully return to the community through counselling and supervision; visiting inmates in prison; social and spritual activities; supporting chaplaincy at william head institution and freedom project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $907K | $806K | $806K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $781K | $753K | $727K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $729K | $671K | $663K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $661K | $602K | $592K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $929K | $546K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,001 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$553K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Butterworth (director); Rosemarie Colterman (chair); Stephen Hornby (treasurer vice chair); Heather Knoles (director); Carla Munro (director); Tamao Nakashima (director); Susan Layng (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Laren Society: Journey From Inside Out’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119007045RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.