Disability Alliance BC Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 106777758RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,366,579) as filed with the CRA.
Disability Alliance BC Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $4.5M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $333K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to The Canadian Red Cross Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $4.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Advocacy Access program assists people with all disabilities to access income assistance (provincial and federal disability benefits) medical goods and services. It also produces self-help guides and manuals for people with disabilities and other community organizations that assist people with disabilities. Community and Resident Mentors Association (CARMA) Program empowers people living in the George Pearson Centre (a long-term care facility) to promote their health independence and community connections. Transition Magazine is a tri-annual community magazine producing articles from con…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.8M | $13K | $1,000 | $580K |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $2.9M | $16K | — | $492K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $46 | — | $275K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $188 | — | $257K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | $1,866 | — | $264K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $333K from 11 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$265K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- Alacanastu Family Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,074
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$492
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$292
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$55
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jake Anthony (director); Sarah Cheung (director); Michelle Hewitt (treasurer); Pamela Horton (chair); Johanna Johnson (secretary); Elizabeth Lalonde (director); Julia Lamb (vice chair); Melissa Cairns (director); Odette Dempsey-Caputo (director); Alyssa Vincent (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Disability Alliance BC Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106777758RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.