Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108172933RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,228,203) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Native Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $15.1M in revenue and $15.2M in expenditures.
In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 156 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.2M in 2020 to $15.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provision of social services support to people mainly of aboriginal ancenstry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.1M | $15.2M | $15.2M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $12M | $12M | $12M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $9.8M | $9.9M | $9.9M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | -$10.2M | $10.2M | $10.2M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $8.2M | $8.6M | $8.6M | — | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 32 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$410K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$300K
- Canadahelps Canadon$150K
- Canadahelps Canadon$150K
- Rina M. Bidin Foundation$112K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$100K
- The Victoria Foundation$68K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$50K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$35K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$35K
- Vancouver Foundation$30K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$24K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$22K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$20K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$16K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,401
- The Victoria Christian Retirement Society$4,682
- The Shewan Foundation$4,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- David Charitable Trust$2,000
- James Bay United Church$2,000
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,388
- The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine Victoria$1,353
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions156
- Total compensation, all staff$7.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Dick (president); Shelley Cardinal (1st vice president); Sekwan Wabasca (2nd vice president); Smith Gray (secretary); Elaine Ting (treasurer); Jace Meyer (director); Nigel Decontie (director); Rosy Hartman (director); Sherry Jakesta (director); Gabe Paul (youth director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108172933RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.