Pain BC Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 832200422RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,214,940) as filed with the CRA.
Pain BC Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $359K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity provides education workshops course materials and webinars for health care providers and people living with pain. The charity carries out awareness campaigns to reduce the stigma surrounding chronic pain. The charity carries maintains free online self-management tools for people living with chronic pain. The charity provides support services (including a 1-800 support line and a coaching program) to people living with pain and their families. The charity engages with health system partners on quality improvement initiatives to improve outcomes for people living with pain. The…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.7M | $530 | — | $331K |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $2.9M | $2,264 | — | $331K |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $6,213 | — | $331K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $1,750 | — | $330K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $2,212 | — | $332K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $359K from 14 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Longhedge Foundation$50K
- Order of ST John Palliative CARE Foundation$23K
- Seedlings Foundation$15K
- Power to Give Foundation$10K
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Michael and Nancy Czorny Charitable Trust$1,000
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$149
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$88
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emmanuel Abreu Santos (member at large); Nicole Bailey (vice chair); Kshitij Chawla (member at large); Maria Hudspith (executive director); James Leung (secretary treasurer); Shona McGlashan (chair); Anna-Maria Parente (member at large); Michael Van Wyk (member at large); Gary Wong (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pain BC Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832200422RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.