Saanich Neighbourhood Place
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 886149236RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,200,140) as filed with the CRA.
Saanich Neighbourhood Place is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $293K.
Compared with 299 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 30 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $13K to The Victoria Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $858K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The programs and services provided are designed to nurture families and facilitate community connection. Programming includes: parent and tot drop-in parenting programs & education licensed childcare programs for infants toddlers and 3 - 5 year old children's playgroup Best Babies/Nurturing Mums & Babes - a pre and post natal education and nutrition program for women at risk or in need of support child minding to reduce barriers for participants to access programming and various food equity programs (community kitchens family dinner programs food skills programs for families and you…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1,189 | $13K | $386K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.7M | $277 | — | $435K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $2,428 | — | $426K |
| 2021 | $1M | $875K | $670K | $12K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $858K | $843K | $657K | $16 | — | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $293K from 13 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$101K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$20K
- Tiny Foundation$18K
- The Western Communities Foundation$5,000
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Society$4,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$876
- The Western Communities Foundation$642
- Parish of Saint John the Evangelist$560
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 positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna-Lynn Thorpe (director); Marian De Monye (chair); Corinne Hilton (executive director); Dotan Amit (vice chair); Denton Grose (treasurer); Fiona Fung (director); Nicholas McKnight (secretary); Barbara Dorrington (director); Melissa Kearse (director); David Roy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saanich Neighbourhood Place’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886149236RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.