Vancouver Island Persons Living With Hiv/aids Society
Publicly funded institution · Esquimalt, British Columbia · BN 889071999RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($199,919) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Island Persons Living With Hiv/aids Society is a charitable organization based in Esquimalt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $202K in revenue and $200K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1) Provide peer support/navigation through the healthcare system for people with HIV and/or HepC 2) Maintain community resource library of HIV and/or HepC materials 3) Provide free/low cost complementary therapy for members (massage acupuncture counselling) as avaiable 4) Provide volunteer opportunities for people with HIV and/or HepC 5) Positive living and education opportunities - e.g. aging and HIV; HIV disclosure; grief and loss
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $202K | $200K | $200K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2023 | $170K | $170K | $170K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2022 | $140K | $140K | $139K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2021 | $134K | $134K | $135K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2020 | $156K | $156K | $151K | — | — | -$6,571 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$144K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Bonner (director); Charlene Anderson (director); Craig Dales (executive director); Daniel Sands (director); Robert Birch (board chair); Jonathan Degenhardt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Island Persons Living With Hiv/aids Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889071999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.