The John Howard Society of Victoria
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107542565RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,521,192) as filed with the CRA.
The John Howard Society of Victoria is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $6M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 71% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Employment programs diversion programs halfway house prison services youth mentoring programs volunteer programs garden project transitional housing. Work is carried in prisons and in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.5M | — | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.8M | — | — | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.2M from 9 charities:
- The Northpine Foundation$2M
- Green Municipal Fund$149K
- The Victoria Foundation$31K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$15K
- Ames Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,466
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$195
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ranjit Atwal (past president); Chris Beresford (president); Blair Fisher (treasurer); Donna Geer (board member); Randie Johal (board member); Honora Johannesen (board member); Hank Mathias (vice president); Wendy Townsend (board member); Bob Downie (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John Howard Society of Victoria’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107542565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.