Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association

What Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association does

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association is a registered Canadian charity (BN: 107573479 RR0001) operating as a multi-service neighbourhood house in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood of East Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded circa 1965 and operating for approximately 60 years, the organization employs roughly 90 staff and runs nine core service areas: Early Years and Family Programs, licensed Childcare Programs, Senior Programs, Newcomers Settlement Services, Employment Support Services, Community Engagement, Housing, Food Programs, and Accessibility Services. Service delivery is primarily in-person at its headquarters at 2425 Oxford Street with satellite sites including four licensed childcare centres, out-of-school care programs, and two non-profit housing complexes (May MacLean Housing, 23 units; Norah Davis Gardens, 33 units) operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kiwassa Housing Society. Multilingual service capacity spans English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Farsi, and Arabic.

Name

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association

Legal name

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association

Website

https://kiwassa.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association is a registered Canadian charity operating a multi-service neighbourhood house in East Vancouver's Hastings-Sunrise, delivering free or low-cost childcare, seniors, newcomer settlement, employment, food, and housing programs to a diverse multilingual community of children, youth, adults, and seniors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Child and Youth Services (62411), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Licensed childcare programs
• Newcomer settlement services
• Senior wellness programs
• Nonprofit neighbourhood house

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Kiwassa receives funding from government sources including BC Government, BC Housing, Government of Canada, Ministry of Children & Family Development, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to operate various programs and services.
2. Individual Donations: Charitable donations from individuals supporting community programs and services. Donations accepted online, by mail, and through Vancouver Foundation.
3. Foundation Support: Support from foundations including United Way BC, Robert Bosa Foundation, and Vancouver Foundation endowment fund.
4. Program Fees: Some programs charge nominal fees including community lunch ($5-$7), seniors ESL classes ($10 per 3-month term), and some childcare services to supplement free programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association operates a multi-service neighbourhood house delivering free or low-cost community social services in East Vancouver, including licensed childcare, early-years and family programs, seniors wellness and ESL classes, IRCC-funded newcomer settlement and language services, employment support, community food programs, subsidized non-profit housing, and community engagement initiatives. Services are delivered primarily in-person at its main Oxford Street location and satellite sites, with multilingual staffing in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Farsi, and Arabic.

Product overview

Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association operates as a multi-service community organization offering a broad range of free or low-cost social service programs organized into nine core service areas: Early Years and Family Programs (parenting support, childcare), Childcare Programs (licensed daycare from birth to 12 years at multiple locations), Senior Programs (wellness, ESL, social activities for adults 50+), Newcomers Settlement Services (IRCC-funded settlement support for immigrants and refugees), Employment Support Services (job search and training assistance), Community Engagement (neighborhood building activities), Housing (subsidized non-profit housing complexes), Food Programs (community meals and food security), and Accessibility Information. These programs collectively serve children, youth, adults, seniors, and families in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood of East Vancouver, with services provided in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), Arabic, and Farsi.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Years and Family Programs

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous-focused child and family services organization. Kiwassa collaborates with VACFSS to accommodate foster families in housing.
• WorkBCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial employment services partner. Kiwassa provides employment support services as part of WorkBC network.
• Greater Vancouver Food Bank SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood security partner providing food resources for community food programs.
• Community Food Centres CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization supporting community food programs. CFCC supports Kiwassa's food programming.
• Vancouver Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLibrary services partnership supporting community learning and resources.
• Hastings Community AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community association partner in Hastings neighbourhood.
• Frog Hollow Neighbourhood HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeighbouring neighbourhood house sharing best practices and potentially collaborative programs.
• Eastside Family PlaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily support organization in East Vancouver serving similar populations.
• Mount Pleasant Family CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Dads Connect parenting program serving fathers in the community.
• BC Neighbourhood House NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial network connecting neighbourhood houses across BC.
• Federation of Community Social Services of BCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial federation supporting community social service organizations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• S.U.C.C.E.S.S. S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is one of the largest multi-service immigrant-serving agencies in BC, providing settlement, language, employment, seniors care, and housing; a larger broad incumbent competing with Kiwassa for IRCC/BC Government settlement contracts.
• YWCA Metro Vancouver: YWCA Metro Vancouver is a larger, established multi-service non-profit delivering childcare, housing, settlement, and employment programs across Metro Vancouver; broader portfolio than Kiwassa but overlapping service categories and funder pool.

Direct peers

• MOSAIC (Multilingual Orientation Service Association): MOSAIC is a Vancouver-based non-profit focused on newcomer settlement, language training, employment, and community programs — directly comparable to Kiwassa's IRCC-funded settlement and LEEP work and competing for the same funder dollars.
• Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House: Cedar Cottage NH runs the same community-development, multi-program neighbourhood-house structure in East Vancouver, including licensed childcare and seniors programming — directly comparable to Kiwassa on service breadth and funder base.
• Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House: Mount Pleasant NH delivers comparable wraparound services (childcare, family programs, food programs, community engagement) in a neighbouring Vancouver catchment and is an explicit Kiwassa program partner (Dads Connect).
• Eastside Family Place: Eastside Family Place delivers family drop-in, parenting support, and early-years programming in East Vancouver and is an explicit Kiwassa partner — comparable on the family/early-years vertical with overlapping funder base.
• Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House: Frog Hollow is a Vancouver neighbourhood house offering the same wraparound model (childcare, youth, seniors, newcomer, food programs) in nearby East Vancouver and is explicitly named as a Kiwassa best-practice partner; the two are directly comparable in services and catchment.
• South Vancouver Neighbourhood House: South Vancouver NH operates an equivalent multi-service neighbourhood house model — childcare, settlement, seniors, food security — in an adjacent catchment, making it the closest direct comparator for programming, funding mix, and scale.
• Kitsilano Neighbourhood House: Kitsilano NH operates the same Vancouver neighbourhood-house service bundle (childcare, youth, seniors, community engagement), giving a directly comparable operating model under the same provincial funding framework.

Emerging players

• Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society: Greater Vancouver Food Bank is an explicit Kiwassa partner supplying food resources for community food programs; comparable on the food-security vertical but with a much wider catchment and food-distribution-only model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KiwassaNH
• Instagraminstagram.com/kiwassa

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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