Talitha Koum Society
Charitable organization · Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 890548910RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($791,397) as filed with the CRA.
Talitha Koum Society is a charitable organization based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $807K in revenue and $791K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 34% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $275K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $393K in 2020 to $807K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Establish shelter for women throughout the lower mainland of British Columbia who maybe victims of substance abuse sexual exploitation or poverty and who maybe in conflict with the law. Provide the necessary training assistance and resources for those women to enable them to access available community services and educational level opportunities to aid in their healing and successful integration into society. Provide the necessary services and educational opportunities to reconnect and/or reunite some of the women with their children when they have lost custody. New programs Did the
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $807K | $791K | $683K | $5,388 | — | $943K |
| 2023 | $534K | $538K | $438K | $584 | — | $927K |
| 2022 | $507K | $525K | — | — | — | $931K |
| 2021 | $561K | $378K | $330K | $0 | — | $949K |
| 2020 | $393K | $379K | $355K | $1,714 | — | $766K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $275K from 26 charities:
- Redemption Church$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- The Victoria Foundation$20K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,513
- Coquitlam Alliance Church$6,000
- Imladris Foundation$5,000
- Clem DeGobbi Family Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Coquitlam Foundation$3,500
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$3,500
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,000
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Coquitlam$1,150
- Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation$1,000
- Dave Lede Family Charitable Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$800
- ZLC Foundation$500
- OMI Lacombe Canada Inc.$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$128
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$70
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
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
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$603K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Tanaka (treasurer); Denece Billesberger (director); Jessica Spraggs (secretary); Terry O'Neill (director); Mary O'Neill (director); Sylvia Wallis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Talitha Koum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890548910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.