Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 140672130RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,207,865) as filed with the CRA.
Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $17.4M in revenue and $17.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $550K.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 119 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.3M in 2020 to $17.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Residential recovery program for men second stage supported housing programs individual counseling and group therapy addiction education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.4M | $17.2M | $15.7M | $103K | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $13.2M | $12.5M | $94K | — | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $12.6M | $12.5M | $11.8M | $73K | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $11.3M | $10.7M | $10.1M | $38K | $1,700 | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $10.3M | $9.8M | $9.2M | $74K | $1,700 | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $550K from 11 charities:
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$400K
- WCPD Foundation$80K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$35K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Face the World Foundation$10K
- Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,254
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$560
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$119
- Powell River Miklat Recovery House Society—
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions119
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Van Engelen (director); David Holm (director); Ian Aikenhead (director); Annabel Mead (director); Scott Edmonds (director); Dana Sirsiris (director); Tanis Maurice (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140672130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.