Sunshine Coast Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 108052630RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,581,726) as filed with the CRA.
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Sechelt, 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 $7.7M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 76% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $703K.
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 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Family Youth & Children's Services programs are family-centered inclusive and promote active participation in supporting pregnant women new moms parents caregivers children and youth. We also provide programs in prevention intervention and support for youth and children with a developmental delay or diagnosed disability. Services to youth include life skills development outreach and one to one support with a focus on community inclusion and client-centred practice. Programs include: Parent Tot Drop in Bellies & Babies Childcare Resource and Referral Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $6.4M | $254K | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $6.7M | $5.6M | $222K | $356 | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $6.3M | $5.4M | $166K | $1,200 | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $6M | $5.6M | $4.9M | $87K | $57K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $4.6M | $44K | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $703K from 30 charities:
- RBC Foundation$200K
- United Way British Columbia$125K
- Food Banks British Columbia$98K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$65K
- Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary Society$46K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$35K
- Sunshine Coast Foundation$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,300
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$3,853
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$3,700
- North Shore Community Resources Society$3,316
- The Calgary Foundation$3,000
- The Illahie Foundation$2,000
- Living Faith Lutheran Church the Sunshine Coast Sechelt B. C.$1,720
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,696
- Baris Charitable Foundation$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,494
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,101
- Bethel Baptist Church Sechelt$1,100
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,090
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Winkler (president); Brian Chipman (vice chair); Linda Wortman (treasurer); Catherine Leach (executive director); Ruby Orchard (director); Andrew Jones-Cox (director); Patricia York (executive member at large); Kayla Blok (director); Joanne Harrington (director); Lubos Hudec (director of finance); Chelsea Cooledge (board member); Kim Fenton (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunshine Coast Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108052630RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.