Living Systems: Family Systems Counselling Education Training and Research Society
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107784308RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($397,843) as filed with the CRA.
Living Systems: Family Systems Counselling Education Training and Research Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $333K in revenue and $398K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
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 44% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Counselling for low income families training in bowen theory play therapy and community outreach.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $333K | $398K | $340K | — | — | $173K |
| 2023 | $350K | $345K | $279K | — | — | $228K |
| 2022 | $385K | $378K | $308K | — | — | $224K |
| 2021 | $399K | $389K | $326K | — | — | $190K |
| 2020 | $382K | $373K | $324K | — | — | $187K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Smith (president); Erica Guliker (member at large); Ariel Creighton (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Systems: Family Systems Counselling Education Training and Research Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107784308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.