Lower Mainland Bengali Cultural Society of B.C.
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 119025161RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,319) as filed with the CRA.
Lower Mainland Bengali Cultural Society of B.C. is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $107K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $63K in 2020 to $107K in 2024.
In its own words
LMBCS is a registered non-profit charitable organization promoting cultural heritage of Bengali Community in Lower Mainland Area of BC through various socio-cultural activities and events since 1977. LMBCS is proud to be a part of Canada's multicultural society. LMBCS strives to foster and carry forward Bengali traditions and values and amalgamate Bengali culture with other diverse cultures in the lower mainland area. Some of the events the society conducts are i) Oikotan - Cultural program celebrating the poets of Bengal (May-June) ii) Picnic (July-August) iii) Sharadotsav – The autumn festi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $107K | $108K | $100K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $88K | $79K | — | — | — | $54K |
| 2022 | $38K | $34K | $29K | — | $0 | $49K |
| 2021 | $14K | $11K | $5,948 | — | — | $44K |
| 2020 | $63K | $57K | $57K | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $200 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lower Mainland Bengali Cultural Society of B.C.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119025161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.