The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118777671RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,697,205) as filed with the CRA.
The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 77% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $436K.
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 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Adoption and permanency related programs and service. Recruitment programs for families for special needs children. Telephone support for families and youth from and in care/education/parenting sessions. Self help support groups/website/magazine/child specific recruitment. Library/resource centre/programs for prospective adoptive parents. Bursary program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $222K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $137K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $125K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | $131K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.7M | $80K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $436K from 17 charities:
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada)$170K
- The Victoria Foundation$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Walsh Foundation$30K
- Seedlings Foundation$25K
- Louis Family Foundation$25K
- Diamond Foundation$20K
- Al Roadburg Foundation$15K
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$15K
- Face the World Foundation$3,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,473
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,750
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,116
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$681
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Roy (chair); Adrienne Murphy (vice chair and secretary); Beatriz Metzner (director); Merel Veldhuis (past chair); Jennifer Randall Nelson (director); Evangeline Zhou (treasurer); Kathleen Landry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118777671RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.