Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 892451931RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,476,190) as filed with the CRA.
Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $15.8M in revenue and $14.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 106 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.1M in 2020 to $15.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The phoenix society is a multi-service agency that provides accessible opportunities (and consistent quality of care) for people who face barriers related to addiction mental health housing education criminal justice involvement positive living and/or employment to lead healthy lives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.8M | $14.5M | $12.7M | — | — | $8M |
| 2023 | $16M | $14.9M | $13.3M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2022 | $12.8M | $13.5M | $12.1M | — | — | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $10.8M | $10.4M | $9.5M | — | — | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $7.1M | $6.7M | $5.9M | — | — | $7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions106
- Total compensation, all staff$9.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elain Duvall (treasurer); Darren Fairbrother (president); Pat Frewer (director); Jag Gill (director); Nancy Gordon (vice president); David Longpre (director); Bonnie Wilson (secretary); Justine Patterson (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892451931RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.