ARC Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 854896693RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,540,010) as filed with the CRA.
ARC Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $562K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $766K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Arc foundation creates breakthrough collaboration models for reducing 2slgbtq+ discrimination in school's arc's primary focus is sogi 123 which helps educators make schools safer and more inclusive for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities through policies and procedures guidance on creating inclusive environments and teaching resources.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $712K | $137K | — | $599K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $595K | $133K | — | $597K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $832K | $651K | $56K | — | $668K |
| 2021 | $848K | $677K | $494K | $34K | — | $387K |
| 2020 | $766K | $648K | $479K | $54K | — | $216K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $562K from 14 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$124K
- Vancouver Foundation$118K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$23K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,596
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$350
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$160
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne Hartrick (director); Scott Graham (director-chair); Jag Bilkhu (director); Arleen Chuang (director-treasurer); Brandi Rai (trustee); Elizabeth RJSH (director-secretary); Harsh Sinha (director); Morgan Bazin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ARC Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854896693RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.