Sooke Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Sooke, British Columbia · BN 736819111RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,778,375) as filed with the CRA.
Sooke Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Sooke, 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
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 93% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $127K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The sooke shelter society was established to ensure all people in the greater sooke area have access to safe affordable appropriate long-term housing. With supportive services and connections to the community-based supports people need to keep their housing and avoid returning to homelessness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $171 | — | $65K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $665 | — | -$2,877 |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $328 | — | $13K |
| 2021 | $13K | $43K | — | — | — | $7,875 |
| 2020 | $127K | $92K | — | — | — | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $109K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Cunningham (president); Victoria Vanrosebrook (secretary); Brian Rathgaber (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sooke Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 736819111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.