Xolhemet Society
Publicly funded institution · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 894065473RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,407,383) as filed with the CRA.
Xolhemet Society is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, 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 $2.9M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $205K.
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 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operating - project haven program - operates a six bedroom transition house offering a free and temporary safe haven for women and their children who are victims of family violence situations second stage shelter program - operates a second stage housing complex for women and their children who have made the decision to break away from family violence and accept a healthier positive and violence free lifestyle msc program - funding received to pay for relief workers in the transition house fundraising program - general fundraising events undertaken by the society to supplement its gove…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $949K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $1,500 | $624K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $955K | — | $50 | $373K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $205K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shirley Erickson (treasurer); Carol Biccum (vice president); Kristy Hutchinson (president); Gail Smit (secretary); Gerry Enns (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Xolhemet Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894065473RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.