Powell River and Region Transition House Society
Publicly funded institution · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 134413368RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,122,847) as filed with the CRA.
Powell River and Region Transition House Society is a charitable organization based in Powell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | $181 | — | $279K |
| 2023 | $973K | $971K | — | $65 | — | $220K |
| 2022 | $917K | $110K | — | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $886K | $111K | — | — | — | $211K |
| 2020 | $784K | $116K | — | — | — | $190K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$972K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Southall (treasurer); Hart Rayner (director); Emily White (director); Rick Berghauser (director); Bonnie Whelan (director); Elyse Freeborn (director); Teresa Harwood-Lynn (secretary); Jennifer Zacher (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Powell River and Region Transition House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134413368RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.