Povnet Society
Charitable organization · Coldstream, British Columbia · BN 803982073RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($188,555) as filed with the CRA.
Povnet Society is a charitable organization based in Coldstream, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $185K in revenue and $189K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,234.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Povnet is dedicated to building an online anti-poverty community and is heavily rooted in social justice. We connect poverty and family law advocates and pro bono lawyers from across british columbia woking on issues like housing income workers' rights indigenous leagal issues newcomers to canada and more. To create and maintain electronic communicatin networks among poverty law advocates and community workers which are useful useable confidential and cost efficient and which improve their ability to assist clients with administrative law problems.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $185K | $189K | $160K | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $178K | $185K | $157K | — | — | $43K |
| 2022 | $31K | $153K | $0 | $0 | — | $104K |
| 2021 | $161K | $164K | — | — | — | $13K |
| 2020 | $147K | $137K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,234 from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$162K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Ward (director); Brenda Rose (chair); Andrew Sakamoto (director); Erin Pritchard (director); Dante Abbey (director); Jane Watkins (director); Andrea Bryson (vice chair); Yolonda Beaudry (director); Lott JP (director); Jasleen Sandhu (director); Erin Currie (treasurer); Caitlin Wright (director); Florencia Schade (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Povnet Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803982073RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.