North Shore Crisis Services Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107784316RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,706,895) as filed with the CRA.
North Shore Crisis Services Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, 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 $2.8M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $210K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Sage House is an 18-bed transition house for women and children fleeing abuse. It provides food clothing referrals and advocacy. Sage Second Stage provides longer term housing for women and children with complex housing needs. The Women's 24 hour Support Line assists with a range of issues related to women and violence and abuse. Hope's Place and Janet's Place provide accommodation and ongoing support for women and children who are at risk of abuse violence or threats. The Prevention Education Advocacy Counselling and Empowerment (PEACE) Program provides support for children and youth ag…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $93K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $24K | — | $941K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2M | $15K | — | $923K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $2,046 | — | $851K |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | $1.9M | $29K | — | $804K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $210K from 22 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$16K
- Cause We Care Foundation$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$12K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$8,888
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,070
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- West Vancouver United Church$3,000
- The Helpalittle Foundation$2,500
- First Church of Christ Scientist$2,400
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,360
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,359
- Conam Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,359
- North Shore Unitarian Church$1,079
- United Way of Calgary and Area$575
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$70
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ross Forman (president); Theresa Newlove (vice-president); Lisa Humer (treasurer); Catharine Downes (secretary); David von der Porten (director); Jacqueline Russell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Shore Crisis Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107784316RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.