Starting Over Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891468290RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,317) as filed with the CRA.
Starting Over Society 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $126K in revenue and $202K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $190K in 2020 to $126K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operated choices recovery house. This is a recovery house for adult men wanting to live in a clean and sober shared house. With the help of support staff and an alcohol and drug counsellor the residents are helped to find out how to live a purposeful life without the problematic use of alcohol and drugs. Choices provides a structured environment with regular group and one on one sessions. We work with collateral agencies and self-help groups to see our residents have adequate supports when they transition from support recovery.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $126K | $202K | $184K | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $191K | $202K | $184K | — | — | $18K |
| 2022 | $198K | $187K | $169K | — | — | $27K |
| 2021 | $187K | $184K | $169K | — | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $190K | $181K | $170K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$57K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Pittman; Ray Wainman (director); Randy Hanson (director); Paige McLellan; Dayna Aysals (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Starting Over Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891468290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.