cyrus centre

What cyrus centre does

Cyrus Centre Ministries is a Canadian registered charity (BN #855938064RR0001) founded in 2004 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, that delivers a continuum of services for homeless, at-risk, and street-involved youth aged 12-24 across the Fraser Valley. The organization operates a 24/7 youth emergency shelter, drop-in resource centres, street outreach, and transitional housing programs, running four sites between Abbotsford and Chilliwack with a combined team of 60+ paid staff and volunteers and reaching more than 500 youth annually.

The service model layers residential crisis accommodation with non-residential drop-in support, mobile street outreach (notably through the cross-agency SWIFT Program integrated with Abbotsford municipal police, the City of Abbotsford, and the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development), and longer-duration transitional housing — a structure designed to move young people from immediate crisis toward stable independence rather than provide one-off episodic support.

Cyrus Centre has no commercial revenue model. Operations are funded through a diversified mix of individual donations, three signature annual fundraising events (including the Leap of Faith fundraiser in its 17th year and the 20th Anniversary Coming Home Gala held in 2024), planned giving, and a distinctive scrap-metal donation program. The organization has scaled organically over two decades, expanding from Abbotsford into Chilliwack in 2014, opening its first emergency shelter in 2008, and bringing Adam Beardwood back as Director of Abbotsford in its 20th anniversary year.

Name

cyrus centre

Legal name

Cyrus Centre Ministries

Website

https://cyruscentre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cyrus Centre Ministries is a Canadian registered charity founded in 2004 that operates 24/7 youth emergency shelters, drop-in resource centres, street outreach, and transitional housing for homeless and at-risk youth aged 12-24 across four locations in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Homeless Services and Emergency Shelter

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Youth emergency shelter
• Transitional housing programs
• Homeless youth services
• Street outreach programs
• Drop-in resource centre

Headquarters

HQ city

Abbotsford

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and monthly donations from individuals supporting youth shelter services
2. Annual Fundraising Events: Revenue from three annual fundraisers: Coming Home Gala, Leap of Faith skydive event, and Coldest Night of the Year walk
3. Planned Giving: Legacy gifts including wills, securities, crypto, mutual funds, estates, donor-advised funds, life insurance, and real estate through partnered platforms
4. Scrap Car/Metal Donations: Partnership with Your Choice to Donate and Fraser Valley Metal Recycling for vehicle and scrap metal donations generating tax receipts

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cyrus Centre Ministries operates 24/7 emergency shelter, drop-in resource centres, street outreach, and transitional housing programs for homeless and at-risk youth aged 12-24 in the Fraser Valley. Services are delivered free of charge across four physical locations in Abbotsford and Chilliwack and include overnight shelter, meals, laundry, showers, case management, life-skills programming, and supported housing.

Product overview

Cyrus Centre is a faith-based non-profit organization offering a coordinated continuum of services for homeless and at-risk youth aged 12-24 in the Fraser Valley. The organization operates four locations across Abbotsford and Chilliwack, providing emergency shelter (Youth Emergency Housing Program and Temporary Shelter Program), drop-in resource centres, street outreach programs including the SWIFT partnership, and transitional housing through three distinct programs (Switchback, Babich House, and Home At Last). Additional support services include the Youth Compassion Fund, Breakfast Club, and various donation/fundraising programs (Leap of Faith skydive fundraiser, Coming Home Gala, Coldest Night of the Year walk, Meal Trains, Fill Our Pantry, and Planned Giving). The organization is grounded in Christian values, integrating faith into daily work while providing practical and relational care to youth and families in need.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Switchback: 2-year transitional housing program for youth aged 16-24 in Chilliwack, offering 15-unit apartment building housing 22 youth at a time with life skills development, education, and employment support.
• Babich House
• Home At Last
• Coming Home Gala
• Leap of Faith
• Coldest Night of the Year

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 locations operating 24/7, 365 days per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• LongboardsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate engagement partner whose employees formed a skydiving team for Leap of Faith fundraiser. Longboard serves as presenting sponsor for the event.
• WestbowsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerStaff dedicated time to volunteer, preparing meals each month to nourish and support youth at Cyrus Centre.
• Mayor SiemenssupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerMayor Siemens participated in Leap of Faith fundraiser by skydiving to raise vital funds for Cyrus Centre programs.
• Skydive VancouvercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts the Leap of Faith annual tandem skydive fundraiser at their dropzone in Abbotsford (5112 Gladwin Rd). Instructors have over 50,000 skydives and 170 years combined experience.
• City of ChilliwackcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadership partner for Switchback transitional housing program, providing support and housing units for youth aged 16-24.
• B.C. HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment housing partner supporting Switchback transitional housing program with funding and resources.
• City of AbbotsfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partner in SWIFT Program providing Strengthening Communities' Services grant funded by Province of BC and Government of Canada.
• Abbotsford Police DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SWIFT Program bringing three levels of service and response together to support at-risk youth aged 13-24.
• Ministry of Children and Family DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry partner in SWIFT Program for coordinated response to at-risk youth and known unsafe circumstances.
• Your Choice to DonatesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal organization that turns scrap metal into funds for nonprofits. Picks up scrap cars for free and provides tax receipts for donations.
• Fraser Valley Metal RecyclingsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerAccepts scrap metal donations for Cyrus Centre at their Abbotsford location (34272 Industrial Way).
• EpiloguesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCanada's leading online Will writing platform partnered with Cyrus Centre to facilitate legacy gift planning for donors.
• GiveWisesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerOnline giving platform enabling credit card, securities, crypto, mutual funds, estates, donor-advised funds, life insurance, and real estate gifts.
• Local Food BankscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide food hampers to youth aged 16-24 once every two weeks at both Abbotsford and Chilliwack locations.
• TacofinosupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerFood truck sponsor for Leap of Faith event, serving tacos at the community celebration.
• Arts DrywallsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerFood truck sponsor for Leap of Faith annual skydive fundraiser.
• Kinfolk Real Estate GroupsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• SouthernIrrsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• J&D Farmers DairysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• Get Well PhysiosupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• Columbia CabinetssupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• R&S TruckingsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerGoods and services sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• Companion ConstructionsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerActivity sponsor for Leap of Faith event.
• Banter Ice CreamsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerGoods and services sponsor providing ice cream for Leap of Faith event.
• DMEsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerGoods and services sponsor for Leap of Faith event.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS): PCRS provides counselling, youth outreach, housing support, and harm reduction services across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Directly comparable in delivering youth outreach services and wraparound support in the same geographic footprint as Cyrus Centre.
• Union Gospel Mission (UGM): Union Gospel Mission operates emergency shelters, transitional housing, and outreach services for homeless and vulnerable populations across Metro Vancouver with a Christian-faith foundation. Highly comparable to Cyrus Centre in faith-rooted operating model and free service delivery, although serving broader populations than youth-only.
• YWCA Metro Vancouver: YWCA Metro Vancouver runs emergency shelters, supportive housing, and youth services (including for vulnerable women and youth) in the Lower Mainland. Comparable as a multi-program nonprofit addressing homelessness and housing insecurity in BC with a comparable mix of shelter and transitional housing offerings.
• Lookout Housing and Health Society: Lookout Housing and Health Society is one of BC's largest non-profit housing and health service providers, operating emergency shelters, transitional housing, and outreach across the Lower Mainland. Directly comparable service portfolio and BC geography, including similar SWIFT-style outreach partnerships.
• Covenant House Vancouver: Covenant House Vancouver provides 24/7 shelter, housing, and wraparound support for youth aged 16-24 experiencing homelessness in Greater Vancouver. It is the most direct analogue to Cyrus Centre, sharing mission (faith-informed), geography (BC), and youth demographic, with a larger scale (multiple programs and sites).
• Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vancouver: Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vancouver delivers youth programming, drop-in services, and outreach across the Lower Mainland. Comparable to Cyrus Centre's drop-in resource centre and outreach services for at-risk youth in the Fraser Valley region.
• Aunt Leah's Place (Aunt Leah's Independent Lifetrust Foundation): Aunt Leah's Place supports youth aging out of care and young mothers in Metro Vancouver with housing, life-skills, and education programs. It is a strong peer in the BC youth-housing continuum and shares the dual drop-in + transitional housing model.

Regional players

• Covenant House Toronto: Covenant House Toronto is the largest youth-serving agency in Canada, providing emergency shelter, housing, and counselling for homeless and at-risk youth. Comparable mission and faith-affiliated operating model, but operates in Toronto rather than BC.
• Calgary Drop-In Centre: Calgary Drop-In & Rehabilitation Society operates a 24/7 emergency shelter and rehabilitation services for homeless adults in Calgary. Comparable operating model (24/7 shelter + supportive services) and donor-driven revenue mix, primarily serving adults in Alberta.
• Mustard Seed (Calgary): Mustard Seed operates emergency shelters, transitional housing, and meal programs for people experiencing homelessness in Calgary with a faith-based foundation. Comparable operating model and donor/event-driven revenue mix, though serving all-ages populations in Alberta rather than Fraser Valley youth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CyrusCentre
• Facebookfacebook.com/cyruscentreministries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyruscentre
• Instagraminstagram.com/cyruscentre

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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