The Victoria Cool Aid Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 128205069RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,917,470) as filed with the CRA.
The Victoria Cool Aid Society 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 $44M in revenue and $44.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $816K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 240 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Camosun College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Society offers life-changing services to people who are impacted by poverty colonization stigma and homelessness. These services include permanent housing emergency shelter health and dental care employment assistance and social and recreational opportunities. Meal services and activities are offered at several housing and shelter locations. The Society operates a health clinic a mobile health van a dental clinic and a pharmacy primarily targeted to the homeless and at-risk populations. Employment and education resources and mentoring and outreach services are offered to our clie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44M | $44.9M | $40.2M | $659K | $1,000 | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $38M | $38.5M | $34.9M | $687K | $1,000 | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $38.1M | $38.2M | $34.8M | $676K | $1,000 | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $34.7M | $34.5M | $31.8M | $391K | $1,100 | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $29.5M | $29.5M | $27.6M | $427K | $1,000 | $5M |
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 $816K from 27 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$341K
- The Victoria Foundation$167K
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$53K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$32K
- Waves Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Canado Foundation$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,226
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,400
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- David Charitable Trust$4,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,000
- Broad View United$2,500
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$2,417
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$939
- About Christ Ministries$700
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$680
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$558
- Vancity Community Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$470
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
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions240
- Total compensation, all staff$28.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Fitzgerald (chair); Kirby Hayes (director); Nancy Taylor (vice-chair); Deane Strongitharm (director); Leigh-Anne Soles (treasurer); Sadaf Pourmand (director); Sokvinder Kaur (director); Tracey Martell (secretary); Kelly Zou (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Victoria Cool Aid Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128205069RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.