Victoria Brain Injury Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 122452121RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($946,654) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Brain Injury Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $947K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 36% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $393K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The victoria brain injury society (vbis) is a non-profit organization that provides support referral education programs and advocacy for brain injury survivors their families and the community as a whole. Vbis also provides educational services to the public at large and other social service agencies needing assistance to obtain a better understanding of the complex issues that arise when living with an acquired brain injury 101 coping strategies creative arts program awareness-choices-education addictions program music program walk & run program yoga mindfulness and a volunteering…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $947K | $749K | $88K | — | $403K |
| 2023 | $795K | $690K | $532K | $67K | — | $341K |
| 2022 | $678K | $624K | $428K | $78K | — | $236K |
| 2020 | $393K | $483K | $402K | $16K | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $166K from 24 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$31K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$22K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$13K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$12K
- Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation$10K
- First West Foundation$10K
- Chris-Spencer Foundation$5,000
- The Quail Rock Foundation$5,000
- British Columbia Rehabilitation Foundation$5,000
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,770
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New Westminster$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- The Sara Spencer Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,875
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,816
- Salt Spring Island Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$550
- The Western Communities Foundation$238
- Victoria Christian Reformed Church$31
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$530K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Natalie Benson (chair); Shannon Kowalko (vice chair); Steve Wellburn (treasurer); Christine Lintott (member at large); Steven Gordon (member at large); Grant Evans (member at large); Fatimah Banki (secretary); Hilary Graham (member at large); Lindsay Byers (member at large); Patrick Weir (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Brain Injury Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122452121RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.