Place of Refuge Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 840337349RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($253,599) as filed with the CRA.
Place of Refuge Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $238K in revenue and $254K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 71% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Place of refuge is a christian organization that provides supportive transitional living accommodatios for men recovering from drugs & alcohol addictions. The clients commit to an abstinence program based on the anna 12 step recovery program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $238K | $254K | $234K | — | — | $626K |
| 2023 | $481K | $223K | $207K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $220K | $201K | $188K | — | — | $384K |
| 2021 | $228K | $180K | $167K | — | — | $366K |
| 2020 | $207K | — | $168K | — | $168K | $317K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$103K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Len Block (treasurer); Sonja Everson (director); Garry Janzen (chairman); Erich Krause (director); Werner Neufeld (director); Heidy Rahnumah (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Place of Refuge Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840337349RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.