Sweden House Society
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 830694642RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,956) as filed with the CRA.
Sweden House Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $24K in revenue and $22K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,447.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16K in 2020 to $24K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We support the Swedish Culture at the Scandinavian Centre the Swedish Rest Home Swedish School and language; scholarships for tertiary education of any nature; donations/gifts to programmes associated with the Society as wells the the Midsummer Festival the Christmas Fair the Spring Clean up and the Volunteer Centre Luncheon as well as other participation in the community. This year we approved three scholarships for a total of $7 5000.00. We received charitable donations of $5 600.00 $ 600.00 of which was earmarked from three donors for new pavers for the front walk of the Scandin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24K | $22K | $1,742 | — | — | $741K |
| 2023 | $22K | $47K | $8,435 | — | — | $738K |
| 2022 | $19K | $31K | $19K | — | — | $763K |
| 2021 | $10K | $15K | — | — | — | $775K |
| 2020 | $16K | $21K | $4,000 | — | — | $779K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,447 from 1 charity:
- Vancouver Foundation$7,447
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Walkinshaw (director & treasurer); AnnaKarin Tornquist (director & president); Spencer Carina (director and vice president); Bung Brandon (director & secretary); Karmen Blackwood (director); Dorothy Carlson (director); Jan Nordin (director); Reta Staley (director); Anders Nurmi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sweden House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830694642RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.