Westcoast Genesis Society
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 865869630RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,761,934) as filed with the CRA.
Westcoast Genesis Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, 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 $3.3M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The society supports socially marginalized men to heal grow learn build self-esteem develop resilience and adopt values that will enable them to thrive in the wider community. It does this by providing transitional housing at its two community residential facilities for high-need men on conditional release from prison. The society also operates transitional housing beds for chronically homeless men some of whome have had involvement in the criminal justice system and supports them to make changes that will help them live successfully in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $2.8M | $2.4M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $21.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | — | -$416K |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | -$661K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brown David (president); Riita Gunning (vice-president); Rodney Shaughnessy (director); Brian Robertson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westcoast Genesis Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865869630RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.