British Columbia Hands and Voices Association
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 838384428RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,767) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Hands and Voices Association is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $14K in revenue and $11K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,304 in 2020 to $14K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Providing families with deaf or hard of hearing children with information and resources through newsletters events guest speakers and coffee nights
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14K | $11K | $11K | — | — | $7,683 |
| 2023 | $10K | $10K | $10K | — | — | $4,459 |
| 2022 | $9,199 | $11K | $3,945 | — | — | $4,594 |
| 2021 | $9,922 | $10K | $8,218 | — | — | $6,600 |
| 2020 | $5,304 | $12K | $10K | — | — | $6,937 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Francscutti (president); Michelle Christensen (treasurer); Nora Maldonado (secretary); Kim Shauer (gbys coordinator); Zen Tharani (member at large); Joy Santos (member at large); Levi Traxler (member at large); Amy Ho (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Hands and Voices Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838384428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.