Mvzeif
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 762832269RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,006,323) as filed with the CRA.
Mvzeif is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $505K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $219K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Metro Vancouver Regional District.
In its own words
Ongoing programs are focused on enabling climate action in the building sector and supporting equity through climate action. Programs include: zero emissions building exchange building to electrification coalition carbon leadership forum bc near zero women4climate and the bc retrofit accelerator. Qualifying disbursements support projects that focus on key sectors in urban areas in bc and generate capacity for climate action
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | $5M | $4.5M | — | $277K | $25.9M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $93K | $23.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $219K to 10 qualified donees:
- Metro Vancouver Regional District$50K
- Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning$50K
- British Columbia Institute of Technology$35K
- Academy for Sustainable Innovation Canada$22K
- BC Indigenous Housing Society$20K
- Mvzeif$20K
- The Starfish Environmental Society$10K
- The Only Animal Theatre Society$5,000
- Makeway Charitable Society$5,000
- City of Victoria$2,000
Received $505K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mvzeif’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762832269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.