British Columbia Epilepsy Society
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118818541RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($329,020) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Epilepsy Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $460K in revenue and $329K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $129K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The british columbia epilepsy society's function is to act as an advocacy organization to broaden the awareness of epilepsy and to support people living with epilepsy in british columbia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $460K | $329K | $284K | $3,810 | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $557K | $348K | $109K | — | $950K |
| 2022 | $379K | $635K | $282K | $15K | — | $446K |
| 2021 | $406K | $506K | $357K | — | — | $702K |
| 2020 | $357K | $552K | $384K | $6,055 | — | $802K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $129K from 9 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,928
- Coquitlam Fire Fighters Charitable Society$1,039
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$722
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$317
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$251
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$259K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Fruitman (director); Danq O'Brien (director/treasurer); Trevor Young (director/chair); Harinder Dhailwal (director/pac chai); Jennifer Pearson (director); Shannon Walker (director); Saideh Ghamsari.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Epilepsy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118818541RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.