Developmental Disabilities Association of Vancouver-Richmond
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 108167701RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,939,227) as filed with the CRA.
Developmental Disabilities Association of Vancouver-Richmond is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core 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 $41.7M in revenue and $39.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.1M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 372 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Down Syndrome Society of British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Residential: 1. Community Apartment program - Independent living program providing personalized support in health financial management nutrition and relationship building. 2. Group homes - Professionally staffed residences with specialized support for residents. Vocational and Life skills Development: 1. Community Access and Day Programs - Providing volunteer work recreation leisure activities and skill building activities. 2. Employment and volunteer training and placement-Provides variety of support to individuals who want to work including assessment of interests abilities and r…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41.7M | $39.9M | $36M | — | $10K | $10M |
| 2023 | $38.4M | $36.3M | $32.9M | — | $1,000 | $8.2M |
| 2022 | $35.1M | $33.7M | $30.4M | $0 | $0 | $7.3M |
| 2021 | $33.5M | $31.3M | $28.2M | — | $3,564 | $6.7M |
| 2020 | $31.2M | $29.5M | $26.6M | — | $5,971 | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2.1M from 10 charities:
- Developmental Disabilities Foundation of Vancouver-Richmond$2.1M
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,808
- Vancouver Foundation$3,750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,036
- The Kinder Dream Foundation$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Sowers Society of Education$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$240
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$52
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions372
- Total compensation, all staff$32.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Tasker (director); Ted Bruce (director); Julie Mantle (director); Devinder Sekhon (director); L.J. Eiben (director); Debbie Aarons (director); Ronda Karliner (director); Louise Huber (director); Sue Swayne (director); Chris Neary (director); Patricia Barnes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Developmental Disabilities Association of Vancouver-Richmond’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108167701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.