The Salvation Army Belkin Communities of Hope
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107951618RR0402 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,177,294) as filed with the CRA.
The Salvation Army Belkin Communities of Hope 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 $12.4M in revenue and $12.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 111 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The ministry unit provides food supplies and residential accommodation to those of low income. It operates an emergency shelter transitional housing supportive housing soup kitchen. Community residential facility for offenders. Residential program include life skills living skills counselling. It provides recreational social educational and social activities for the residents.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.4M | $12.2M | $11.2M | — | — | $17.6M |
| 2023 | $11M | $11.3M | $10.3M | — | — | $17.4M |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $9.2M | $8.2M | — | — | $17.7M |
| 2021 | $9.4M | $9.5M | $8.6M | — | — | $17.8M |
| 2020 | $8.4M | $8.8M | $7.9M | $84 | — | $17.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 12 charities:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$851K
- Diamond Foundation$250K
- Aqueduct Foundation$70K
- Vancouver Foundation$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,837
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,469
- Mercy Multiplied Canada Society$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,645
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministries$1,000
- Trinity Pacific Church$570
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$63
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions111
- Total compensation, all staff$8.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee Graves (chair); John Chamness (chief executive officer); Keith Pike (chief operating officer); Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Salvation Army Belkin Communities of Hope’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0402), or read how we compute the receipt.