M. Kopernik (nicolaus Copernicus) Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107577223RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,739,058) as filed with the CRA.
M. Kopernik (nicolaus Copernicus) Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10.9M in revenue and $10.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1 we operate a care facility under the bc community care and assisted living act 2 we operate a housing complex for low income elderly
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.9M | $10.7M | $10.1M | $43K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $9.6M | $9.4M | $8.8M | $11K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $9.2M | $9M | $8.5M | $11K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $8.8M | $8.9M | $8.4M | $9,233 | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $9,890 | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 4 charities:
- Theosophical Society$9,648
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,085
- BenefAction Foundation$4,411
- Muslim Awkaf Foundation of B.C.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Grazyna Plecas (director); Andre Marszal (treasurer); Joanna Starczynowski (director); Anthony Jochlin (president); Elizabeth Narodowski (director); Wieslaw Motyka (vice-president); Anna Slivinski (director); Elzbieta Rezmer (director); Mark Wlodyka (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from M. Kopernik (nicolaus Copernicus) Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107577223RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.