Canadian Society for Information Children
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888708047RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($113,129) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Society for Information Children is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $113K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $388.
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 26% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Parenting workshops telephone help line parent coaching one day seminars developing pamphlets on parenting and distribute them to parents
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $113K | $86K | — | — | $10K |
| 2023 | $112K | $113K | $86K | — | — | $11K |
| 2022 | $108K | $104K | $73K | — | — | $12K |
| 2021 | $112K | $104K | $76K | — | — | $7,450 |
| 2020 | $111K | $104K | $72K | — | — | -$158 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $388 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Koepke (chair of board); Lynda Lougheed (vice chair); Lisa Chapeskie (member at large); Sharon Van Volkingburgh (secretary); Doug Hiller (treasurer); Karen Tennock (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Society for Information Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888708047RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.