Japanese Community Volunteers Association
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107526246RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($967,162) as filed with the CRA.
Japanese Community Volunteers Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $967K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 12% from government, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $264K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $445K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The Japanese Community Volunteers Association (JCVA) strategically addresses pivotal social challenges encountered by newcomers and immigrant seniors primarily stemming from limited English proficiency and insufficient awareness of available resources. These fundamental barriers contribute to social isolation adversely affecting physical mental and financial well-being. Notably empirical studies have underscored that seniors of Asian descent markedly underutilize vital health and social services compounding their vulnerabilities. In response JCVA has developed and sustained a variety of…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $967K | $689K | $92K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $760K | $712K | $461K | $43K | $0 | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $771K | $611K | $389K | $26K | $0 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $683K | $495K | $381K | $21K | $0 | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $445K | $324K | $324K | $0 | $0 | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $264K from 8 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$412K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Okada (treasurer); Makoto Inuzuka (director); Makiko Suzuki (chair); Emily Nakai (secretary); Naomi Shikaze (director); Alan Iwaasa (director); Beata Jablonska (treasurer); Carol Yamamoto (vice chair); Evelyn Suzuki (director); Sadao Mukai (director); Ryan Kusuhara (director); Louvaine Kadonaga (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Japanese Community Volunteers Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107526246RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.