Westminster House Society
Charitable organization · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 107553596RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,462,855) as filed with the CRA.
Westminster House Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 33% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $188K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
1. Provision of 24-hour residential support services for women and youth recoveringfrom drug/alcohol addictions 2. Provision of psychological educational and process groups 3. Life skills training and community transition services 4. Indigenous programming 5. Outsource other community resources during and after treatment stay including mental health services 6. Wellness programming: music therapy art therapy yoga and exercise class acupuncture dbt therapy7. On-site weekly doctor appointments 8.outpatient programming 9. Second-stage housing 10. Aftercare through weekly relapse pre…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2M | $27K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $39K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $22K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $6,870 | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $20K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $188K from 11 charities:
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- The Patch Coffey Foundation for Youth Recovery$25K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$22K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,302
- Dick Barr Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$750
- New Westminster Fire Fighters Charitable Society$647
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$280
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Emerson (president); Lisa Hutchings (director at large); Michelle MIX (secretary/treasurer); Mary Broadland (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westminster House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107553596RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.