West End Mennonite Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 816275895RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,790,717) as filed with the CRA.
West End Mennonite 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $27K.
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 99% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Offer affordable housing for families seniors individuals with low to moderate incomes those suffering with mental health issues and people working to recover from addiction.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $6.8M | $6.9M | — | — | $8.7M |
| 2023 | $8.7M | $6.9M | $6.9M | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2022 | $7.9M | $7.3M | $7.2M | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $8M | $7.4M | $7.1M | — | $234K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cory Siemens (secretary); David Hillhouse (director); Dewey Devries (director); Marie-Louise Stolz (director); Rachel Wiebe (treasurer); Spencer Andres (director); Willy Reimer (director); Kara Douglas (director); Jason Heinrich (director); Andrew Macritchie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West End Mennonite Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816275895RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.