Threshold Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 876673369RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,358,224) as filed with the CRA.
Threshold Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $4.5M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.1M.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 62 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $4.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Society continues to provide long-term transitional housing for youth ages 16-25 at risk of becoming homeless. Two housing programs are offered based on the ability of the individual to live independently. A Life Skills component helps build self-reliance. The Supportive Recovery program offers round-the-clock supervision to help the youth develop a case plan and personalized steps towards recovery and rebuilding relationships and routines as applicable. The Family and Natural Supports program intervenes early to held build restore or maintain relationships to help prevent homelessnes…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.9M | $123K | $0 | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $62K | $0 | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $75K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $45K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $924K | $43K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.1M from 28 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.5M
- The Victoria Foundation$289K
- Green Municipal Fund$53K
- A Way Home: Working Together to End Youth Homelessness$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$22K
- Lily Street Foundation$20K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$20K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$20K
- Rotary Club of Victoria British Columbia Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Tilling Foundation$10K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$8,971
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$6,386
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$5,950
- The Victoria Christian Retirement Society$4,682
- David Charitable Trust$4,000
- Broad View United$4,000
- The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine Victoria$1,693
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,100
- The Bishop of Victoria$1,000
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$990
- Vancouver Foundation$672
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$545
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions62
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Campbell (director); Clayton Savage (secretary); Helena Walker (director); Ruth Macintosh (immediate past chair); Salma Ihsan (director); Allan Andrew (chair); Lynne Tang (director); Sheila Beauchemin (treasurer); Logan McMenamie (director); Cassie Doyle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Threshold Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876673369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.