Richmond Centre for Disability
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888328432RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($807,456) as filed with the CRA.
Richmond Centre for Disability is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $823K in revenue and $807K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 54% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Information and referral service: provide resources and networking opportunities to persons with disabilities. Peer support and recreation: promote independent living and active lifestyles toward personal goals. Skill development: support people with disabilities to acquire skills in computer literacy & life skills. Employment project: support youth with disabilities to make smooth transition to adulthood through gainful employment accessible parking permit for people with disabilities: issue accessible parking permit to richmond residents with doctor's certification public ed…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $823K | $807K | $366K | $19K | — | $873K |
| 2023 | $823K | $875K | $418K | $24K | — | $856K |
| 2022 | $1M | $726K | $518K | $1,377 | — | $908K |
| 2021 | $896K | $614K | $494K | $475 | — | $609K |
| 2020 | $664K | $717K | $569K | $23K | — | $308K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$573K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia Zhou (director); Emily De Boer (director); George Pope (director); Pamela Andrews (director); Penny Chan (chair); Renee Leung (treasurer); Tom Parker (director); Rob Sleath (secretary); Sandra Gebhardt (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Richmond Centre for Disability’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888328432RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.