Spectrum Society for Community Living
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107999054RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,839,201) as filed with the CRA.
Spectrum Society for Community Living is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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, 2024, it reported $15.1M in revenue and $14.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 135 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
1. Residential Programs: We support people with disabilities in group homes supported apartments and family care programs. 2. Day Programs: We provide community based activities for people with disabilities. 3. We provide accessible transportation for people with disabilities. 4. Affordable housing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.1M | $14.8M | $12.7M | — | — | $673K |
| 2023 | $12.9M | $12.8M | $12.4M | $0 | $0 | $435K |
| 2022 | $12.9M | $12.9M | $12.7M | $0 | $0 | $315K |
| 2021 | $12.9M | $12.8M | $12.4M | $0 | $0 | $268K |
| 2020 | $11.5M | $11.5M | $11.1M | $0 | $0 | $181K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions135
- Total compensation, all staff$11.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spectrum Society for Community Living’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107999054RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.