The Vancouver Friends for Life Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 138277728RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($268,901) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Friends for Life Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $239K in revenue and $269K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 40% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Friends for life serves as a catalyst to enhance the wellness of individuals living with a life-threatening illness by providing complementary and alternative health and support services. These services include massage and body work energy healing yoga tai chi reflexology chiropractic naturopathic medicine traditional Chinese medicine counseling nutritional meal programs and social support all free of charge.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $239K | $269K | $261K | $8,114 | — | $95K |
| 2023 | $228K | $278K | $263K | $15K | — | $125K |
| 2022 | $274K | — | — | — | — | $175K |
| 2021 | $220K | $198K | $198K | — | — | $208K |
| 2020 | $260K | $293K | $230K | $3,484 | — | $186K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Giffen (vice president); Sameer Ismail (president); Drew Morris (treasurer); Christopher Girodat (secretary); Jon Kinsley (director); Susan Petrina (director); Eli Puterman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Friends for Life Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138277728RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.