The Garth Homer Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107419830RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,040,331) as filed with the CRA.
The Garth Homer Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $9.1M in revenue and $9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 126 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The garth homer society provides services for individuals with development disabilities to increase their independence in the community though programmes which facilitate personal growth and independence. The society provides its approximately 200 clients with a choice of programmes that take place in the community or at the gath homer society locations. These programmes include volunteering life skills recreation arts computer training supported employment services and vocational training. The garth homer society also provides residential services to adults with disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.1M | $9M | $7.2M | $128K | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $7.6M | $8.2M | $6.5M | $57K | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $8.3M | $8.4M | — | $42K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $7.1M | $5M | $80K | — | $140K |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $7.1M | $4.7M | $80K | — | -$251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions126
- Total compensation, all staff$7.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Lovelace (chair); Paul Van Kohl (treasurer); Valerie Tsatsanis Mains (director); Paul Coronica (director); Susan Gee (director); Laura Lynn Pollack (past chair); Paul Waller (director); John Daivs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Garth Homer Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107419830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.