Burnaby Family Life Institute
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118821578RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,765,665) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Family Life Institute is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $154K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 60 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Burnaby Family Life (BFL) envisions a healthy and inclusive community where individuals and families can thrive. At its conception in 1971 BFL was an organization formed to respond to the changing social environment and needs of individuals and families in Burnaby. According to 'Understanding and Dismantling Impacts of Racism on Racialized Communities in Burnaby' a report commissioned by BFL it was highlighted that immigrants make up 50.38% of Burnaby’s population 'Burnaby is now a hyper diverse city with 67% of the population identifying as visible minorities the second highest pe…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.8M | $4.7M | $0 | $0 | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5M | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.7M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.9M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | — | $98K | — | $819K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $154K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions60
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerry Chen (chair of board); Baljit Lalli (director); Jacqueline Chan (director); Adriana Watkins (treasure); Alex Lu (director); Paul Kwon (director); Daniel Ofomi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Family Life Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118821578RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.