Working Gear Clothing Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 826644163RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($419,562) as filed with the CRA.
Working Gear Clothing Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $486K in revenue and $420K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 15% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $178K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $206K in 2020 to $486K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Working gear community shop program: working gear provides work related clothing and footwear free of charge to individuals re-entering the workforce from a shop located in the downtown east side of vancouver. Many of our clients are faced with the challenge of securing costly clothing safety gear and footwear prior to starting the job. As a result clients are faced with the dilemma of either passing up the job and remaining unemployed. The shop is staffed with one full-time employee and volunteers and is open five days a week. Many of our clients have been unemployed for lo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $486K | $420K | $358K | $1,466 | — | $257K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $4,243 | — | $190K |
| 2022 | $408K | $333K | $289K | — | — | $160K |
| 2021 | $391K | $367K | $355K | $292 | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $206K | $173K | $132K | $13K | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $178K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$104K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenna Hildebrand (co-chair secretary); Joan Glover (co-chair); Christopher Underwood (treasurer); Ash Holmes (board member); Colleen Lamothe (board member); Romany Benham-Parker (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Working Gear Clothing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826644163RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.