Aspire Richmond Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 107895591RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,161,736) as filed with the CRA.
Aspire Richmond Support Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $24.2M in revenue and $24.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 154 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Aspire richmond support society ('aspire') supports children youth and adults with developmental disabilities to participate and contribute fully as valued members in the community. Aspire offers a continuum of services and programs for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and for their families that ensures quality of care throughout the lifespan of the individual supported this includes early intervention for infants at risk; supported child development programming; inclusive childcare; transition planning for teens with disabilites who are preparing to graduate from the …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.2M | $24.2M | $22.4M | $2,798 | — | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $22.2M | $21.9M | $20.2M | $21K | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $19M | $18.4M | $17.1M | $684 | — | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $18.6M | $17.7M | $17.5M | $7,103 | — | $4M |
| 2020 | $17.3M | $17.3M | $17M | $4,397 | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions154
- Total compensation, all staff$17.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annette Delaplace (director); Michael Friedman (director); Jason Kuramoto (director); Donna Lee (director); Tanis Reimer (director); Jennifer Adams (director); Sameer Chavda (director); Natalie Popov (director); Norman Kotze (director); Surjit Dhinjal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aspire Richmond Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107895591RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.