The Britannia Community Services Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119217156RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,586,623) as filed with the CRA.
The Britannia Community Services Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $10.5M in revenue and $10.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $432K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $140K in 2024, the largest being $140K to Britannia Community Services Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Community services - including: recreation programs community education community outreach child care programs programs and events for first nations to bring about reconciliation special events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.5M | $10.6M | $8M | — | $140K | $889K |
| 2023 | $9.9M | $9.9M | $7.9M | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $9M | $7.1M | — | — | $999K |
| 2021 | $8.1M | $7.9M | $6.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $7.3M | $5.6M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $140K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $432K from 15 charities:
- Canucks for Kids Fund$250K
- Britannia Community Services Foundation$108K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Right To Food$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,752
- Vancouver Rotary Club Foundation$5,000
- Click - Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,450
- Vancity Community Foundation$4,200
- SpencerCreo Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,525
- Endswell 2021 Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$534
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ariela Friedmann (director); Susanne Dahlin (director); John Flipse (treasurer); Pat Hogan (director); Nicki Simpson (director); Craig Olienberger (vice president); Adrienne Bale (director); Tom Chang (director); Vera Jones (director); Pamela Dudas (director); Norm Leech (director); Naina Varshney (president); Terumi Squibb (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Britannia Community Services Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119217156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.