The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 124394701RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,559,320) as filed with the CRA.
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $24M in revenue and $23.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $177K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 220 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15.5M in 2020 to $24M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We provide residential programs and supportive housing for women and youth who are homeless or have addiction and or mental health issues. We provide intensive case management programs for women exiting prison who are chronically homeless or at risk of justice legal system involvement. We provide intensive family counselling and parenting support programs for women. We provide supportive programs for children affected by parental incarcertion homelessness and substance use. We support individuals unable to access government welfare offices to receive their statutory and regulatory entitle…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24M | $23.6M | $23.1M | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $20.3M | $19.9M | $19.2M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $20M | $19.8M | $19.3M | — | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $18.8M | $18M | $17.6M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $15.5M | $15.4M | $14.7M | — | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $177K from 18 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$52K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$30K
- Byram Family Foundation$20K
- Fraser Valley REALTORS Charitable Foundation$18K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$15K
- Face the World Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,550
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,650
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$2,990
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,426
- The Victoria Foundation$2,299
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- Peninsula United Church$100
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$52
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions220
- Total compensation, all staff$15.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clare Mochrie (president); Azra Hussain (vice president); Jessica Dickson (secretary); Susan Witter (treasurer); Genesa Greening (director); Jody Bourgeau (director); Taheer Mohamed (director); Laureen Whyte (director); Courtney Daws (director); Nicholas Shon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124394701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.