Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation
Public foundation · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 889353017RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($700,065) as filed with the CRA.
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation is a public foundation based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $560K in revenue and $700K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 36% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $296K in 2024, the largest being $156K to Metro Vancouver Regional District. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation is an independent charity that supports Metro Vancouver Regional Parks. With the number of park visitors rapidly rising we work to fill the gaps in public funding to ensure our parks remain spectacular. Through unique programs and funding opportunities we connect people with the resources they need to complete inspiring conservation education and enhancement projects which help Metro Vancouver Regional Parks be the best they can be. The Foundation supports special projects and partner groups in enhancing and expanding our parks system. We also supp…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $560K | $700K | $296K | $36K | $321K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $874K | $741K | $428K | $36K | $374K | $2M |
| 2022 | $689K | $712K | $369K | — | $252K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $552K | $567K | $266K | — | $84K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $407K | $336K | $113K | — | $42K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $296K to 18 qualified donees:
- Metro Vancouver Regional District$156K
- CTS Youth Society$50K
- Makeway Charitable Society$30K
- Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society$11K
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$10K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey)$7,845
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$7,500
- The Board of Education of School District No. 41 (Burnaby)$7,000
- School District No. 40 (New Westminster)$5,500
- The Board of Education of School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)$2,117
- School District 38$1,600
- Young Naturalists' Club of British Columbia Society$1,500
- The Board of Education of School District No. 35 (Langley)$1,500
- Take a Hike Foundation$1,200
- The Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)$1,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 37 (Delta)$1,000
- Options Community Services$500
- Langara College$500
Received $61K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$209K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Marsh (pastpresident); Terri Van Sleuwen (treasurer); Adam Heffey (director); Mark Van Der Zalm (director); Jerowsky Micheal (vice president); Wan Liyang (director); Roy Millen (director at large); Nadine Mross (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889353017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.