The Bloom Group Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108021544RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,816,765) as filed with the CRA.
The Bloom Group Community Services Society 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, 2023, it reported $16.5M in revenue and $15.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $528K.
Compared with 382 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 78 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Housing for women & children - powel place (52 shelter beds) spring house (32 shelter beds & 10 housing units) hospice care - may's place (6 beds) cottage (10 beds) supported housing - victory (47 beds) cordova house (66 beds) santiago lodge (31 units) cecilia housing (8 units) affordable housing - somerville place (31 units) the view (96 units) adult gardianship - financial management for vulnerable and low income seniors (1 600 clients).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $16.5M | $15.8M | $175K | $13.2M | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $16M | $16.1M | — | $460K | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $14.8M | $15.2M | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $528K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$125K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$100K
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$54K
- The 625 Powell Street Foundation$48K
- Vancouver Foundation$29K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- John William & Hannah & Roland Frank Whittaker Charitable Trust No. 2$20K
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$2,000
- United Way British Columbia$1,584
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$801
- Vancity Community Foundation$451
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$98
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions78
- Total compensation, all staff$10M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bloom Group Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108021544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.