The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107951618RR0565 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,149,290) as filed with the CRA.
The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $60.9M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $920K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% 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 105 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14M in 2020 to $60.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Community meal program serves 200 lunches to-go 7 days per week. -emergency shelter services offer 136 year-round 40 temporary seasonal shelter beds primarily for men in two facilities with a mix of overnight and 24-hour shelters. -detox provides 23 beds for men and 6 beds for women seeking withdrawal management services. -the addiction stabilization & treatment programs offer combined program supporting up to 50 men in their recovery from substance use through education group thereapy one-on-one counselling spiritual support and aftercare. -community residential facility offers re…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $60.9M | $12.1M | $11.4M | — | $1,000 | $76.2M |
| 2023 | $15.3M | $12.6M | $11.3M | — | $1,300 | $27.1M |
| 2022 | $22.7M | $13M | $12.1M | $1,760 | $700 | $24.7M |
| 2021 | $18.1M | $13.1M | $12.1M | $338 | $3,033 | $15.1M |
| 2020 | $14M | $11.7M | $11M | $12K | $300 | $10.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $920K from 10 charities:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$600K
- Diane Harwood Memorial Trust$265K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,293
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,002
- Elm Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$870
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$833
- Abundance Canada$300
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions105
- Total compensation, all staff$9.3M
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 Vancouver Harbour Light’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0565), or read how we compute the receipt.