Soap for Hope Canada Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 769912676RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($753,474) as filed with the CRA.
Soap for Hope Canada Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $817K in revenue and $753K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $649K.
Compared with 1,890 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 position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $446K in 2020 to $817K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
to relieve poverty by providing basic amenities including but not limited to hygiene products linens and bedding directly to shelters and other frontline organizations that provide services to individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are poor of low income or in need; to protect the environment for the benefit of the public by collecting and re-directing reusable products from the hotel sector including but not limited to hygiene products linens and bedding that would otherwise be discarded and sent to Landfill to receive gifts bequests funds and property…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $817K | $753K | $728K | — | — | $247K |
| 2023 | $545K | $585K | $572K | — | — | $183K |
| 2022 | $556K | $580K | $546K | $0 | $0 | $224K |
| 2021 | $770K | $712K | $643K | $0 | $0 | $248K |
| 2020 | $446K | $275K | $257K | $7,529 | — | $178K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $649K from 18 charities:
- Norgaard Foundation$250K
- The Annual Foundation$175K
- The Victoria Foundation$52K
- Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation$50K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$36K
- Norgaard Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$13K
- Vancity Community Foundation$9,467
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$7,500
- Power to Give Foundation$3,675
- The Hamber Foundation$2,385
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,340
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Victoria Truth Centre Inc.$608
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$588
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$49
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$332K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Borrowman (director); Peter Dohan (member); Catinka Dekker (member); Kathleen Nelson (member); Marvelee Papaloukas (member); Andrew Smith (member); Leslie Hunter (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Soap for Hope Canada Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 769912676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.