Quesnel Shelter & Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Quesnel, British Columbia · BN 845987817RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,205,580) as filed with the CRA.
Quesnel Shelter & Support Society is a charitable organization based in Quesnel, 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 $3.4M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
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 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The mission of the shelter is to create a place of safety and support for home less individuals in the community. Community action team outreach shelter support and recovery transitional housing supportive housing emergency response
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $134 | — | $190K |
| 2023 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $219 | — | -$2,650 |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $167 | — | -$122K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $172 | — | -$153K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $925 | — | -$237K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janet Allen (vice president); Sandy Brunton (president); Jolene Pagurut (treasurer); Corina Clement (director at large); Craig Sherstan (director at large); Leah Stump (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quesnel Shelter & Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845987817RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.