John Volken Academy Society
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 871891560RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($4,460,091) as filed with the CRA.
John Volken Academy Society is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from government, 79% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2.9M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.1M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Long-term residential drug and alcohol treatment centre for young men and women. The residents completely overcome their addiction as well as further their education receive extensive career training and adopt to healthy new life-style. They gain all the tools they need for happy and successful life of sobriety.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.5M | $2.7M | — | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.7M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $4.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3M | $1.8M | — | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.9M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Volken (director); Chawna Volken (director); Carson Brown (director); Jennifer Brown (director); Seth Keeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Volken Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871891560RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.