VANCOUVER ISLAND CRISIS SOCIETY
Charitable organizationCore health care·P/O BOX 1118 · NANAIMO, BC · V9R 6E7·BN 107758831RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
89¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
11%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.5 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$2.2M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Vancouver Island Crisis Society?
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Is Vancouver Island Crisis Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 107758831RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Vancouver Island Crisis Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is P/O BOX 1118, NANAIMO, BC, V9R 6E7. Source.
What does Vancouver Island Crisis Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Vancouver Island Crisis Society continued to provide accessible voice text and chat crisis intervention and suicide prevention services including postvention programs. A team of trained 31 Volunteer and Staff Crisis line Responders and 14 Administrative Staff provided access to community resources and public…" Full program description.
How much of Vancouver Island Crisis Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Vancouver Island Crisis Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $2.2M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Vancouver Island Crisis Society continued to provide accessible voice text and chat crisis intervention and suicide prevention services including postvention programs. A team of trained 31 Volunteer and Staff Crisis line Responders and 14 Administrative Staff provided access to community resources and public education. In addition as part of a network we continued to support callers via the provincial 1800SUICIDE and the provincial 310Mental Health Support lines. As an original member of the Talk Suicide Canada network which morphed into the 9-8-8 Canada Suicide Help Line we provided su… Show more
Vancouver Island Crisis Society continued to provide accessible voice text and chat crisis intervention and suicide prevention services including postvention programs. A team of trained 31 Volunteer and Staff Crisis line Responders and 14 Administrative Staff provided access to community resources and public education. In addition as part of a network we continued to support callers via the provincial 1800SUICIDE and the provincial 310Mental Health Support lines. As an original member of the Talk Suicide Canada network which morphed into the 9-8-8 Canada Suicide Help Line we provided support and suicide assessment and intervention services via voice and text. Vancouver Island Crisis Society’s empathic support of Service Users on Vancouver Island in BC and throughout Canada totalled 43 645 interactions in 2023-2024. With our facilitators consisting of four ASIST Trainers and two safeTALK Trainers and two trainers experienced in presenting customized workshops we facilitated a total of: • 16 ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) courses to 255 participants; • 4 safeTALK workshops to 80 participants; • 13 CIST (Crisis Intervention Skills Training) courses to 277 participants online; and • 16 customized workshops developed by our Community Education team delivered to 297 participants online. As part of our Suicide Prevention School Programs we facilitated: • Three GRASP (Growth Resilience Acknowledgement Suicide Awareness and Personal Safe Planning) 12-hour gatekeeper training workshop was provided to 54 students. • A total of 21 schools on Vancouver Island participated in the COPE (Communication Options Perspective Enjoy Life) reaching over 285 elementary school students. • We resumed presenting in-person presentations of Speak Out Reach Out Help Out in schools. Eight presentations were made to 800 students. Our Suicide Bereavement Support services continued. • Twelve monthly group support meetings were held online with an average group size of six participants. • A total of 37 one-on-one lay counselling sessions provided to support participants. • A World Suicide Prevention Day tea and gathering on September 10 honouring the 2023 theme of Creating Hope Through Action brought together 14 participants who crafted mementos to honour their lost loved ones.
New programs
Not applicable this year.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
89¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 89¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
11%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.5 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$2.2M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
91%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
1%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
91%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
8%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $1.0M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.3 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $1.0M | 86¢ | 14% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.2M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.3 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.3M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.6 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.3M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $2.2M | 89¢ | 11% | 0.5 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Peters, Anita RosewallPresidentarm's length
- Redding, Lacey ASecretaryarm's length
- Layman, ElaineTreasurerarm's length
- Erickson, SharonDirectorarm's length
- Reid, DavidVice Presidentarm's length
- Bayliss, KimDirectorarm's length
- Jordan, John RPresidentarm's length
- Karsten, KarenDirectorarm's length
- Love, KarenDirectorarm's length
- MacGougan, William SDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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