Vancouver Pacific Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 853721678RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($860,077) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Pacific Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $860K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 6% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Gaia Community Care and Wellness Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The society owns and operates a senior housing located at 45 east cordova street vancouver bc. Sponsored and subsidized by bc housing. The housing has 71 unites and accomodates approximately 90 senior residents. The society also provides recreational activities motivational and information talks for the senior residents.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $860K | $567K | — | $2,500 | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $800K | $568K | — | $2,500 | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $865K | $826K | $414K | — | $2,000 | $11M |
| 2021 | $828K | $670K | — | — | — | $11.5M |
| 2020 | $1M | $780K | — | — | — | $572K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,500 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Fong (director); Rita Fok (vice-president); Teresa NG (treasurer); MIMI Chan (director); Phyllis LI (director); Kitty Mar (director); Wanda Su (director); Yolanda Leung (director); Terry Lai (director); Michele Gee (director); Susan Park (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Pacific Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853721678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.