North Shore Community Resources Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119061273RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,570,055) as filed with the CRA.
North Shore Community Resources Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government, 32% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $538K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $266K in 2024, the largest being $89K to Family Services of the North Shore. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Nscr is engaged in four program areas; 1) child & parent programs to support children & families 2) seniors programs to support seniors and those who care for them 3) community engagement programs such as our volunteer north shore services and our information & referral services and 4) community legal services and affordable housing programs that assist individuals with legal issues and work to improve affordable housing throughout the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2M | $63K | $270K | $663K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $19K | — | $619K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $53K | — | $575K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $40K | — | $513K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $27K | — | $512K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $266K to 9 qualified donees:
- Family Services of the North Shore$89K
- Parkgate Community Services Society$62K
- North Shore Neighbourhood House$62K
- YMCA BC$18K
- Westcoast Family Centres Society$15K
- Richmond Cares Richmond Gives Society$7,804
- Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre Society$5,440
- Sea to Sky Community Services Society$3,724
- Sunshine Coast Community Services Society$3,316
Received $538K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Violet Jessen (president); Terri Rear (vic president); Belinda Lyons (treasurer); Kent Wiebe (past president); Leigh Taylor (director); Fereshteh Kashefi (director); Maurice Mirosolin (director); Meredith Kennedy (director); Quinn Mathiesen Newcomb (director); Alejandra Sanchez-Alvarez (director); Sara Eftekhar (director); Wayne Hanna (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Shore Community Resources Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119061273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.