Our Place Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 827098344RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,908,889) as filed with the CRA.
Our Place Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $21.9M in revenue and $21.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 60 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 153 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $957K in 2024, the largest being $957K to Our Place Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.4M in 2020 to $21.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Our place society provides an extensive continuum of support services to those who are struggling with homelessness poverty addictions and mental or physical health issues in greater victoria. It serves approximately 2 000 people each year. It is the largest emergency meal supplier on vancouver island serving more than 1 200 nutritious meals every day and snacks. Its community centre on pandora avenue provides meals showers and hygiene supplies clothing medical services 1:1 assistance computers storage and more. The society operates shelters and supportive housing for over 460 pe…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.9M | $21.9M | $18.3M | $881K | $957K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $21.3M | $21.3M | $18.1M | $962K | $896K | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $21M | $20.8M | $17.3M | $912K | $1.4M | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $15.3M | $15.1M | $12M | $931K | $1.3M | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $12.4M | $12.1M | $9.8M | $856K | $617K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $957K to 1 qualified donee:
- Our Place Foundation$957K
Received $4M from 60 charities:
- James Family Foundation$1.1M
- The Victoria Foundation$737K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$581K
- ALACS Foundation$400K
- Our Place Foundation$286K
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$129K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$53K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$47K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$37K
- Vancouver Foundation$33K
- The Upper Room$32K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$31K
- United Way British Columbia$30K
- Vancity Community Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$25K
- Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation$20K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$17K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,950
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$8,971
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$8,689
- A & a King Family Foundation$7,500
- Urban Systems Foundation$6,625
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions153
- Total compensation, all staff$15.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lauree Austin (secretary); Greg Conner (director); Margo Goodhand (chair); Cairine Macdonald (director); Scott McGregor (director); Allan Saunders (past chair); Chad Stewart (director); Patricia Walker (treasurer); Lindsay Fallon (director); Trevor Murphy (director); Mano Sanhu (director); Catherine Brower-Read (director); Charla Huber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Our Place Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827098344RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.