Seniors Services Society of BC
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 801388547RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,276,015) as filed with the CRA.
Seniors Services Society of BC is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $267K.
Compared with 29 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Seniors Services Society of BC (SSSBC) is a non-profit organization located in New Westminster BC that connects adults age 60 and older living in BC communities to housing navigation services and supports that help them age well and thrive. With over 40 years of experience in the community-based service sector and with an extensive network of partnerships across the province SSSBC is on the leading edge of the response to population aging in British Columbia. A core element of SSSBC is the focus on providing equitable support to the most vulnerable seniors across the province including …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1,250 | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $72 | — | $645K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $8,318 | — | $381K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $267K from 12 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$161K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$48K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$19K
- Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation$10K
- The Victor & Anna Kern Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,190
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,500
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$1,027
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$616
- Parish of ST Mary's Kerrisdale$550
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$218
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Southam (president); Anna Smith (secretary); Jeff Tisdale (vice chair); Mercedes Wong (member at large); Naveed Nadri (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seniors Services Society of BC’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801388547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.