Plea Community Services Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107810467RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,921,488) as filed with the CRA.
Plea Community Services Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $43.2M in revenue and $37.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $248K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 182 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to Fraser River Indigenous Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Sexual Exploitation Education: Educational workshops public awareness initiatives and family support to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and youth. Mentoring: One-to-one volunteer mentoring for vulnerable children youth and young adults. Youth Outreach Services: One-to-one community-based support for youth who need help obtaining youth agreements exiting sexually exploitative situations learning life skills and connecting with their families. School & Work Programs: Alternative school programs tutoring job readiness training work experience and employer mentoring for youth.…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43.2M | $37.9M | $32.6M | $35K | $1,500 | $18.4M |
| 2023 | $36.5M | $34.7M | $29.7M | $2,076 | $5,250 | $12.9M |
| 2022 | $35.3M | $33.7M | $28.2M | $33K | $18K | $11.9M |
| 2021 | $34.6M | $34M | $29.6M | $11K | $3,350 | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $33.5M | $32M | $27.8M | $16K | $1,500 | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $248K from 25 charities:
- RBC Foundation$50K
- Seedlings Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$21K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Ames Family Foundation$15K
- Ames Family Foundation$15K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$12K
- Fraser Valley REALTORS Charitable Foundation$10K
- Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation$10K
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$6,500
- The Amir and Yasmin Virani Family Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$5,000
- Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,600
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$2,000
- Port Moody Foundation$750
- Childhood for Children Foundation$600
- Conam Charitable Foundation$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$117
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions182
- Total compensation, all staff$19M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Martz (president); Donald Gordon (secretary); Carol Brodie (director); Parveen Mann (director); Shirley Wolff (treasurer); Zach Guy (director); Tim Veresh (ex-officio); Michelle Hawco (ex-officio); Karla Gronsdahl (vice-president); Jacqueline Caverly (ex-officio); Tracy Logan (director); Brendan Munden (director); Chad Rickaby (director); Zain Ali (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Plea Community Services Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107810467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.