Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118853167RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,551,143) as filed with the CRA.
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 87 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
We offer art and cultural exhibitions: educational programs of Chinese language; recreational programs for children adult and seniors. We run Chinese language academies in Vancouver Coquitlam North Vancouver and Richmond. We participate Chinatown festival Chinatown New Year Parade Chinatown Art and Cultural Art Festival and Chinatown cleaning campaign. We provide venue with no charges for many clubs as associations like the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Boys Scouts Canada. We provide venue at discounted rate for programs sponsored or organized by government.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $1.6M | $935K | $0 | — | — |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $844K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $998K | $918K | — | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $939K | $991K | — | — | — | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$616K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fred Kwok (chairman); Alex Nam (vice-chair); Lai-Tung (Yvonne) Ho (director); Douglas Soo (director); Leander C. Szeto (director); Wenli (Amanda) Liang (director); Li (Angela) Li (director); Barry Ko (secretary (chinese)); Sue Wong (director); Anthony Chan (vice-chair); Melanie Miao (treasurer); Chiu Tsun (Jacky) Hui (vice-chair); Harold Johnson (director); Ally Wang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118853167RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.