Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 136402880RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,080,963) as filed with the CRA.
Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Vernon, 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
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 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $802K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Assisting-new-canadians -immigrants-and-refugees-settle-into-canadian-culture -economy-and-society. Assisting-new-canadians-and-immigrants-search-for-emplyment-and-access-child-care-subsidy-programs. English-language-education -tutoring-services-for-adults-up-tp-level-8-with-licensed-child-care resettlement-assistance-program-assisting-government-assisted-refugee-arrivals-to-our-community community-involvement-wth-40-active-volunteers providing-direct-support-to-temporary-foreign-workers-enabling-access-to-their-rights-while-working-in-canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $612K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $594K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $938K | — | — | $506K |
| 2021 | $901K | $1M | $966K | — | — | $520K |
| 2020 | $802K | $902K | $733K | — | — | $659K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Myriam Dosteret (secretary); Elspeth Nelson (treasurer); Jane Lister (director); Rumi Asano (director); Valerie Jensen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136402880RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.