Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society
Public foundation · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 141057794RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,452,955) as filed with the CRA.
Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society is a public foundation based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $314K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Fundraising activities for hospital foundations and other charities school programs and bursaries disaster and hunger relief burn victims and service groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $681K | $79K | $635K | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $1M | $938K | $534K | $71K | $270K | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $881K | $316K | $50K | $448K | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $975K | $759K | $355K | $48K | $305K | $6M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $821K | $412K | $48K | $318K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 47 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ—
- You Wear It Well...just for Grads Society—
- Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society—
- YMCA BC—
- Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society—
- Vancouver Canucks Alumni Foundation—
- Urban Safari Rescue Society—
- The Realistic Success Recovery Society—
- The Children's Foundation—
- Sums Place Society—
- Surrey Hospitals Foundation—
- Surrey Food Bank Society—
- Surrey Crime Prevention Society—
- Surrey Christmas Bureau Society—
- ST. Thomas More Collegiate Foundation—
- Arts Umbrella Foundation—
- Sources Community Resources Foundation—
- Semiahmoo House Society—
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada—
- Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada—
- PICS Charitable Foundation—
- Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Society—
- Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation—
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundation—
- Pathfinder Youth Centre Society—
Received $314K from 12 charities:
- Spence Family Foundation$220K
- Gary and Gail Grelish Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Vancouver Foundation$25K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$5,000
- Township of Langley Professional Firefighter`s Local 4550 Charitable Society$4,000
- Canucks for Kids Fund$2,500
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society$1,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$680
- Canadahelps Canadon$288
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$118
- Infinity Heart & Soul Foundation$0
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josh Bird (registrar); Saverio Lattanzio (president); Peter Percival (secretary); Dylan Van Rooyen (vice president); Michael Vincent (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141057794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.