S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 813508405RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,288,647) as filed with the CRA.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $714.
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 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The s.u.c.c.e.s.s. Housing society (the 'housing society') was incorporated under the societies act of british columbia as a not-for-profit organization on may 3 2011. The housing society provides and operates a non-profit residential accommodation and incidential services and facilities exclusively for adult persons and families primarily of low income senior citizens primarily of low or modest income and disabled adult persons primarily of low or modest income. Solheim place has a total of 86 residential units for low income families seniors and independent living persons with disabilit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $175K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $138K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $35K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | -$17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $714 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$320K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Queenie Choo (chair); Cynthia Chow (treasurer); Ryan Drew (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813508405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.