The Cascadia Society for Social Working
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 872413729RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
The Cascadia Society for Social Working is a charitable organization based in North 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,722.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Cascadia owns and operates a not-for-profit society offering a community inclusion program for adults who are developmentally disabled as well as a residential life-sharing program. The Centre and office is located at 351 West 19th St in North Vancouver. Cascadia currently serves a number of adults with developmental disabilities primarily through BC Government Ministry contracts some of which are a part the residential program. The program operates full time 5 days/week. Throughout the day the participants may work with a craft master at fabric weaving willow basketry candle making prin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,722 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$718K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Yates (director); Alexandra Schmidt (president); Amy Chang (director); John Lakes (director); Marisol Grossling (treasurer); Gerald Schwartz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cascadia Society for Social Working’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872413729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.