Community-Based Research Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 882078124RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,382,857) as filed with the CRA.
Community-Based Research Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $7.4M in revenue and $7.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 49 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $7.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Cbrc operates a website (cbrc.net) promoting the health of people of diverse sexualities and genders through research and intervention development. We write and publish educational resources and reports about hiv prevention/treatment determinants of health sexual and reproductive health substance use and community based research. These resources are disseminated through in person and virtual educational events workshops online social media networks and our website. We conduct community based research surveys and evaluations about many facets of health to at risk populations and use th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.4M | $7.4M | $7.2M | — | — | $226K |
| 2023 | $7M | $7.1M | $6.9M | — | — | $228K |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.6M | — | — | $301K |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $71 | — | $258K |
| 2020 | $2M | $2.1M | $2M | $52 | — | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions49
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Barker (vice-chair); Todd Sakakibara (director); Peter Hoong (treasurer); Christopher Gallardo-Ganaban (chair); Alex Dow (director); Tara Chanady (director); Kimberley Paradis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community-Based Research Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882078124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.