The Progressive Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 122001241RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,998,727) as filed with the CRA.
The Progressive Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, 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 $14.5M in revenue and $14M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
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 highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.1M in 2020 to $14.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Outreach and housing support- this includes the homeless outreach program (hop) the homeless prevention program (hpp) and the reaching home program. These programs are designed to support folks who need housing. Emergency shelters – this program is housing-focused shelters that offer temporary accommodations for clients. The program provides daily meals as well as connections to counselling health and permanent housing services. Staff take a person-centred approach to helping people meet their needs and find long-term housing. Support independent living- this program provides one-on-on…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.5M | $14M | $12.3M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $12.9M | $11.8M | — | — | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $11.4M | $10.6M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $8.7M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6.1M | — | — | — | $469K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53K from 9 charities:
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$23K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$23K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,034
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,949
- The First Christian Reformed Church of New Westminster B.C.$1,376
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Beedie Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$53
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$8.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Caspersen (president); Marsha Goldford (interim treasurer); Garth Evans (vice president); Tina Larouche (secretary); Emmanuel Chouinard (director); Esprit Chouinard (director); Eugene Tseng (director); Kim Darcey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Progressive Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122001241RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.