The Arthritis Research Centre Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 870758547RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,445,163) as filed with the CRA.
The Arthritis Research Centre Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.8M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 17% from government. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $550K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500K in 2024, the largest being $500K to The University of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.8M in 2020 to $5.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The arthritis research centre society of canada conducts practical research into the prevention self treatment and self management of arthritis for canadians. With more than 50 research projects iinto the many forms of arthritis underway arc scientists are evaluating current treatment developing new treatment and looking for ways of detecting arthritis at an earlier stage in order to limit the damage done. Arc's main goals are to: 1 - prevent arthritis 2 - limit disability and improve the quality of life of those affected by arthritis. 3 - develop improved tools for the assessment of heal…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.8M | $4.4M | $3M | $456K | $500K | $16.6M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $4.6M | $3.7M | $473K | — | $15.1M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $3.9M | $3.1M | $443K | — | $14.3M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $3.6M | $2.8M | $413K | — | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $4.1M | $3.2M | $500K | — | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $550K from 37 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$131K
- Canadahelps Canadon$131K
- Diamond Foundation$78K
- B C Lupus Society$50K
- Longhedge Foundation$50K
- Lohn Foundation$30K
- Raindrop Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,501
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$7,137
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,037
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$6,644
- Vancouver Foundation$6,000
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,410
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,297
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,262
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,388
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,281
- The Victoria Foundation$973
- United Way British Columbia$969
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$870
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$797
- United Way of Calgary and Area$484
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Elkington (past chair); Jordan Langlois (chair); Jim Dales (director); Rodrigue Lussier (treasurer); Pauline Hadley-Beauregard (director); Rahim Esmail (director); Stephen Schwartz (director); Joy Macphail (director); Samantha Rogers (director); Anna Shojania (director); Jatinder Sidhu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Arthritis Research Centre Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870758547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.