Squamish Volunteer Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Squamish, British Columbia · BN 867280562RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($197,805) as filed with the CRA.
Squamish Volunteer Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Squamish, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $197K in revenue and $198K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,255.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $16K to Squamish Community Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The society operates the squamish welcome centre a community centre is downtown squamish with the core aim being to foster social inclusion as a method of fighting a root cause of inequality in squamish by providing a healthy and supportive environment that promotes the wellbeing of seniors families people with disabilities and indigenous communities. Specifically this program provides services activities and resources that are open to everyone in the community and are designed with the need of those who are more likely to be excluded in mind. The centre seeks to contribute to the bui…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $197K | $198K | $117K | — | $16K | $33K |
| 2023 | $180K | $215K | $158K | $5,932 | $17K | $34K |
| 2022 | $129K | $142K | $111K | $0 | $15K | $76K |
| 2021 | $190K | $184K | $165K | $8,009 | — | $93K |
| 2020 | $182K | $112K | $107K | $10K | — | $86K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $4,255 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Batista Fernandes (secretary); Harpreet Bilkhu (treasurer); Phillip Clarke (director); Naieli Needham (director); Talita Orsco (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Squamish Volunteer Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867280562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.