Touchstone Family Association
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 131290280RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,362,748) as filed with the CRA.
Touchstone Family Association is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $6.4M in revenue and $6.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
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 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.9M in 2020 to $6.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the association is to: 1) establish and operate residential and non-residential facilities and services to provide emergency receiving and assessment services for youths and their families in the city of richmond and surrounding municipalities. These services include provision of food clothing shelter psychological assessment and counselling; 2) to inform the residents of richmond and surrounding municipalities as to the importance of the services being provided to families and children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.4M | $6.4M | $6M | $15K | — | $702K |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $4.8M | $4.6M | $5,557 | — | $627K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.2M | $6,114 | — | $612K |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $4.2M | $3.8M | $7,985 | — | $607K |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.5M | $15K | — | $545K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $238K from 3 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Salzi Maria (director); Shawn Issel (director); Lisa Martella (director); Ian Chian (director); Lawrie Portigal (director); Mahmood Awan (director); Pamela Toor (director); Talia Ahmad (director); Sandi Swanigan (director); Stacey Boon (director); Grant Grobman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Touchstone Family Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131290280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.