Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 885475509RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($87,925) as filed with the CRA.
Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $87K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $30.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $391K in 2020 to $87K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Friend 2 Friend delivers a number of community-oriented program to support and improve the quality of life for children and families of children with autism and their peers living in Metro Vancouver municipalities. We provide several innovative state-of-the-art programs to directly serve children with autism (& related needs) their peers parents and professionals focusing on the social communication emotional regulation peer play and friendship needs of children with autism: Autism De-mystification Program - educational programs for children; Play Groups for Children with Autism – a va…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $87K | $88K | $85K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $164K | $164K | $135K | $735 | $0 | -$14K |
| 2022 | $253K | $211K | $178K | $3,730 | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $322K | $319K | $286K | $4,809 | $0 | -$2,766 |
| 2020 | $391K | $391K | $359K | $3,411 | $0 | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30 from 1 charity:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$67K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dave Robbins (president); Heather McCracken (executive director); Ken Brown (director); Joanne McCartney-Prest (director - secretary); Andrea James (director - treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885475509RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.