The Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 130724222RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,351,694) as filed with the CRA.
The Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in 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 $55.4M in revenue and $55.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $579K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 532 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26.1M in 2020 to $55.4M in 2024.
In its own words
1) Provide accommodation and settlement services for new immigrants and refugees 2) Provide ESL training for new immigrants refugees and students 3) Provide employment assistance and training services to immigrants and refugees 4) Provide settlement community youth and peer support services to immigrants and refugees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55.4M | $55.4M | $48.5M | $0 | — | $16.3M |
| 2023 | $48.4M | $47M | — | — | — | $16.2M |
| 2022 | $31M | $31M | $26.9M | $0 | $0 | $14.8M |
| 2021 | $24.7M | $24.5M | $21.1M | $0 | $0 | $14.8M |
| 2020 | $26.1M | $26.3M | $22.3M | — | — | $14.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $579K from 14 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$353K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$58K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Makeway Foundation$5,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$5,000
- VLG Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,859
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$375
- Vancity Community Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions532
- Total compensation, all staff$22M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130724222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.