Helicopters Without Borders
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 703030288RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($835,392) as filed with the CRA.
Helicopters Without Borders is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $835K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $771K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $606K in 2021 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Since 2021 helicopters without borders (hwb) has responded to disasters such as fires and floods. It delivered food water medical supplies individuals and other related neccesities for such disasters. Additionally hwb supported supply chains for the most isolated communities in bc. As many of these communities do not have roads or regular supply chains into them after the pandemic. Hwb would help in transporting health care workers food water medical equipment and other health and wellness related cargo. Since 2022 hwb has begun to acquire dental equipment in order to provide remote…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $835K | $595K | $73K | — | $869K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $734K | $534K | $19K | — | $619K |
| 2022 | $533K | $634K | $437K | — | — | $259K |
| 2021 | $606K | $243K | $243K | — | — | $361K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $771K from 9 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$500K
- Taylor Phillips Charitable Foundation$200K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$41K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$17K
- Canucks for Kids Fund$10K
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$840
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$275
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$121
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$281K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Owen McClung-Sitnam (ceo/board member); Daniel Sitnam (board member); Adam Aldus (board member); Neilson McLean (board member); David Thomas (board member); Lynnette Lucas (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Helicopters Without Borders’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 703030288RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.