Canadian Paraplegic Association (b.c.)
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118835024RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,613,876) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Paraplegic Association (b.c.) is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 30% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $576K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Peer Support Programs - providing program and supports for clients and their families Information and Education - providing awareness of Spinal Cord Injury issues and specific answers and information through responses to individual requests community events ground education awareness and communication platforms.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $234K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $204K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $5.4M | $5.4M | $1.5M | $172K | $3.3M | $0 |
| 2021 | $2M | $2M | $1.2M | $142K | $125K | $0 |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | $1.2M | $173K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $576K from 18 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$408K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$74K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$21K
- WCPD Foundation$20K
- The 1988 Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,868
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,901
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$5,000
- Surreycares Community Foundation$5,000
- Lohn Foundation$3,000
- Port Coquitlam Community Foundation$2,510
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- The Victoria Foundation$1,552
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$589
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$300
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Ariganello (director); Harry Hole (director); Edward Milligan (chair); Scott McCloy (vice chair/treasurer); Jennifer Leyen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Paraplegic Association (b.c.)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118835024RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.