The 127 Society for Housing
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 131379125RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,002,929) as filed with the CRA.
The 127 Society for Housing is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $203K.
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 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The 127 society for housing provides affordable accommodation in vancouver's downtown south for low-income older people and assists them with theirpersonal and social needs. We provide a total of 330 suites in three apartment buildings: jubilee house brookland court and the wellspring; each usual maintenance and janitorial staff the society supports a full-time community worker in each building. While the cmhc and bc housing provide basic funding the society raises funds to support the buildings' community workers two low-cost food shops for tenants a thrift store housekeeping assistanc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $4M | $3.1M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $3.6M | $2.8M | — | — | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $3.5M | $2.6M | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $3.7M | $2.8M | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.5M | $2.7M | — | — | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $203K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$881K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Seidl (president); Graham Rawlings (director); James Conklin (secretary); David Van Blarcom (vice-president); Jim Longman (director); Susan Wade (director); Robert Dickson (treasurer); Georgeann Glover (director); Greg White (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The 127 Society for Housing’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131379125RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.