Parents Support Services Society of BC
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 106778780RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($720,687) as filed with the CRA.
Parents Support Services Society of BC 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 $758K in revenue and $721K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society work with parents grandparents & kinship caregivers to provide emotional educational legal & child-minding support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $758K | $721K | $539K | $465 | — | $234K |
| 2023 | $911K | $906K | $802K | — | — | $196K |
| 2022 | $915K | $885K | $755K | — | — | $191K |
| 2021 | $861K | — | — | — | — | $162K |
| 2020 | $850K | — | — | — | — | $176K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $164K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$539K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Allan (president); Kamy Zargarpour (first vice-president); Louise Costello (secretary); Jeffrey Simons (member at large); Jade Chan (member at large); Vanesa Fagyas (member at large); Shaun Wilson (treasurer); Jalisa Karim (member at large); David Wright (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parents Support Services Society of BC’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106778780RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.