Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 129787487RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($603,231) as filed with the CRA.
Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $580K in revenue and $603K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 5% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $387K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The lower mainland christmas bureau assists economically disadvantaged families and children through the provision with food gift vouchers new toys and clothing at christmas time. Http://lmcb.ca/
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $580K | $603K | $501K | — | — | $564K |
| 2023 | $676K | $621K | $515K | — | — | $587K |
| 2022 | $675K | $496K | $411K | — | — | $532K |
| 2021 | $746K | $513K | $426K | — | — | $352K |
| 2020 | $425K | $455K | $378K | — | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $387K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$122K
- Canadahelps Canadon$122K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$40K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$37K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$26K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- McCarthy Tetrault Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,469
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,114
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$3,000
- The Lum Family Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$364
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- United Way British Columbia$86
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$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roy Hansen (vice president/secretary); Susan Levang (interim treasurer); Darya Sawycky (director); Keith Morgan (director); Warren Mui (director); Sandra Roach (president); Cecilia Huang (director); Peter Cheung (director); Myke Clark (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129787487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.