The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 898839790RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,275,671) as filed with the CRA.
The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbia 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 $3.2M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $11K.
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 90% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Langley Meals on Wheels Services Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide educational opportunities in areas of interest to member agencies. Encourage partnerships with local communities and contracting ministries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $2.3M | $1.5M | — | $711K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.6M | — | $1.4M | $770K |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.9M | — | — | $770K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $471K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $358K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 2 qualified donees:
- Langley Meals on Wheels Services Society$10K
- Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Community Services$2,000
Received $11K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$734K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Howard (secretary-treasurer); Kari Hutchison (vi region director); Shairose Jinnah (director at large); Vicki Kipps (fraser region director); Christine Mohr (director at large); Julia Staub-French (vice president); Tim Veresh (president); Jeremy Welder (interior region director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898839790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.