Burnaby Volunteer Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 131450413RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($188,096) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Volunteer Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $130K in revenue and $188K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,600 in 2024, the largest being $3,600 to Vip Volunteers for Intergenerational Programs.
In its own words
Volunteer burnaby has been in operation since 1979. The centre offers direct services to individual seeking volunteer opportunities. Our special needs access program places clients with developmental disabilities to access meaningful volunteer opportunities. The centre works through local partnerships and collaborations identify needs mobilize volunteers and deliver community events throughout burnaby.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $130K | $188K | — | — | $3,600 | $89K |
| 2023 | $202K | $198K | — | — | — | $147K |
| 2022 | $184K | $181K | — | — | — | $142K |
| 2021 | $210K | $403K | — | — | — | $140K |
| 2020 | $189K | $184K | — | — | — | $134K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,600 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Volunteer Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131450413RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.