The Anawim Companions Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119212256RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($806,153) as filed with the CRA.
The Anawim Companions Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $501K in revenue and $806K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228K.
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 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $804K in 2020 to $501K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Anawim Companions Society supports individuals facing physical emotional spiritual and social poverty with compassion empowerment and respect. We offer help care and counsel to persons in a way that requires sober living personal responsibility and accountability. Living within the Anawim family encourages self-determination mutual participation and the enrichment of love dignity and purpose. The Anawim Companions Society offers rehabilitative and recovery-focused programs for both men and women in a residential setting as well as drop-in services for Victoria’s most vulnerabl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $501K | $806K | $772K | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $654K | $631K | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $425K | $399K | $0 | $0 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $345K | $333K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $804K | $342K | $307K | $17K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $228K from 19 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- The Bishop of Victoria$2,715
- Saanich Peninsula Parish$2,665
- The Bishop of Victoria$2,000
- The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine Victoria$1,421
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$918
- Christ Community Church of Victoria$509
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$450
- The Sisters of Saint Ann$200
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$133
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$124
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$115
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$433K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alan Bailey (recording secretary); Joyce Harris (house liaison); Daniel Greco (president); Karen Wysiecki (director); Margaret Sasges (director); Helen Pedneault (director); Debra Prior (director); Andy Spurling (director); Joshua Bixby (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Anawim Companions Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119212256RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.