Neil Squire Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 864366174RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,909,137) as filed with the CRA.
Neil Squire Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, 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 $17.9M in revenue and $17.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $458K.
Compared with 427 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 $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 107 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Helping people with disabilities prepare for obtain and maintain employment. Computer tutoring for adults with physical disabilities who want to develop basic computer skills. Connecting makers to people with disabilities who need assistive technologies. Providing assistive technology services to individuals who have a work-related barrier due to a disability or a functional limitation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.9M | $17.9M | $16.6M | $53K | — | $444K |
| 2023 | $16.7M | $16.7M | $15.5M | $47K | — | $407K |
| 2022 | $14.4M | $14.4M | $13.3M | $15K | — | $342K |
| 2021 | $13.1M | $13.1M | $12.1M | $17K | — | $282K |
| 2020 | $12.4M | $12.4M | $11.5M | $34K | — | $228K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $458K from 19 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100K
- Walsh Foundation$90K
- SpencerCreo Foundation$50K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$43K
- The Abercrombie Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$29K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$20K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$20K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Bourassa Savaria Foundation$8,000
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$4,000
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$2,000
- The Illahie Foundation$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$283
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions107
- Total compensation, all staff$10M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Pritchard (director); Marie Burgoyne (vice chair); Colin Bell (treasurer); Judith Hutchins (director); Laurie Hill (director); Josh Vander Vies (chair); Scott Rutherford (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Neil Squire Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864366174RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.