We Matter
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 765283296RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,215,021) as filed with the CRA.
We Matter is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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, 2023, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 700 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $626K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We matter is an indigenous youth-led and nationaly registered organization dedicated to indigenous youth support hope and life promotion. Our work started with the we matter campaign- a national multi-media campaign in which indigenous role models youth and community members from across canada submite short video written and artistic messages sharing their own experiences of overcoming hardships and communicating with indigenous youth that no matter how hopeless life can feel there is always a way forward.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $682K | — | $44K | $641K |
| 2022 | $790K | $746K | $635K | — | — | $400K |
| 2021 | $796K | $638K | $223K | — | — | $356K |
| 2020 | $626K | $675K | $334K | — | — | $197K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$543K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Kelvin Redvers (board chair); Eddy Adra (treasurer); Matthew Bombardier (secretary); T'Anchay Redvers (board vice-chair); Lindsay Dupre (member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from We Matter’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 765283296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.