Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 821212263RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($229,175) as filed with the CRA.
Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, 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 $240K in revenue and $229K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $133K in 2020 to $240K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Stepping stones is a residential 6 bed women's recovery program for alcohol & drug addiction. We focus on 12-step principals group therapy with a therapist life coaching and community aa & na meetings with a minimum stay of 3 months. Women have the option of going into second stage for a minimum of 1 year where we can continue to support them and supply programming. By assisting these 30 women or more per year the impact spreads directly into the lives of their children families partners and communities so the benefits of what we do far succeeds what we can put on paper.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $240K | $229K | $214K | $48 | — | $48K |
| 2023 | $198K | $210K | $192K | $5,812 | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $158K | $173K | $163K | — | — | $49K |
| 2021 | $168K | $160K | $155K | — | — | $63K |
| 2020 | $133K | $124K | $118K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 2 charities:
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$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna Aitken (vice president); Jill Lobb (treasurer); Danielle Burdett (member at large); Rebecca Lefleur (secretary); Richard Pizzey (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821212263RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.