Pearlspace Support Services Society
Charitable organization · Squamish, British Columbia · BN 118964469RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,725,996) as filed with the CRA.
Pearlspace Support Services Society is a charitable organization based in Squamish, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 50% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society operates two drop-in centres a safe home and a transition house providing both support and shelter to women and children in abusive situations in the sea to sky corridor from the lower mainland and other areas of canada. The society also owns and operates pearls value & vintage a second-hand thrift store located in downtown squamish british columbia. It accepts used donated items from the community and exchanges them for cash donations to further assist with the funding of society operations. The society has two residential rental apartments. Rental income earned assists …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.3M | $4,629 | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.5M | $78K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $2M | $41K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $21K | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $32K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 16 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$35K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- JBS Foundation Inc.$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,411
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,878
- Community Foundation of Whistler$3,600
- Squamish Community Foundation$3,300
- Pacific Animal Foundation$2,000
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,265
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$764
- Fondation RONA$605
- Fondation RONA$554
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$31
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tony Horn (treasurer); Elanor Bushfield (chair); Robyn Raymond (director); Phil Scott (director); Laura Darch (secretary); Sonya Waitman (director); Michelle Gordon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pearlspace Support Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118964469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.