The Cridge Centre for the Family
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108079419RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,886,243) as filed with the CRA.
The Cridge Centre for the Family is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $14.2M in revenue and $13.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $285K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 75 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,950 in 2024, the largest being $2,900 to Cornerstone Youth Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We operate a 77 unit assisted living senior centre. We operate a 24/7 home for brain injured men. We operate a nursery day care nature preschool school age care and a summer recreation camp in our child care centre. We provide support & services to young parents in the community. We run a transition house for women & children leaving abusive situations. We operate a two bed corrections contract. We provide low-cost rental units for older women adults with children and refugees. We provide services & counseling to our tenants especially women & chidlren who left abusive situations. We prov…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.2M | $13.9M | $12.1M | $117K | $2,950 | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $10.9M | $11.8M | $10.3M | $71K | $8,680 | $7.9M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $10.9M | $9.6M | $73K | $1,735 | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $11.8M | $10.5M | $9.2M | $69K | $13K | $8.2M |
| 2020 | $9.6M | $9.9M | $8.8M | $83K | $5,225 | $6.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,950 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $285K from 21 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$128K
- Koerner Foundation$30K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$25K
- The Darimont Foundation$25K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$12K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Broad View United$4,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,500
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$2,410
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,754
- Church of our Lord$1,400
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,380
- Christ Community Church of Victoria$872
- The Parish of Central Saanich$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$500
- The Victoria First Church of the Nazarene$240
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$31
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions75
- Total compensation, all staff$8.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Cridge (treasurer); Claudia Dorrington (director); Valerie Fuller (vice-president); Gerald Mann (director); Beiyan Ou (director); Carol Parton (director); Kenneth Peters (director); Robert Phillips (director); Mary-Jane Spray (secretary); Ann Wellman (president); Iheoma Fariun (director); Janet Zanon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cridge Centre for the Family’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108079419RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.