Seven Sacred Fires Society
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 866569528RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($997,195) as filed with the CRA.
Seven Sacred Fires Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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, 2022, it reported $914K in revenue and $997K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 731 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $568K in 2020 to $914K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The seven sacred fires society( formerly cwenegitel aboriginal society) provides and board where indigenous men may reside while addressing drug and alcohol addiction. The society provides free drug and alcohol counselling not only to the residents but also to the community at large. There is a strong focus on mental physical spiritual and emotional healing. Importance is placed on traditional indigenous values beliefs and practices thereby facilitating successful integration into the community. The society offers indigenous recovery programmes which are based on indigenous cultural hea…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $914K | $997K | $956K | — | — | -$90K |
| 2021 | $451K | $493K | $454K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2020 | $568K | $568K | $395K | — | — | $32K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$132K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Elizebeth Adams (secretary); Sandra Delorme (director); Jeannie Hill (director); Donald Wadhams (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seven Sacred Fires Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866569528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.