The British Columbia Civil Liberties Accociation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888466844RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,866,692) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Accociation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $319K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $50 in 2024, the largest being $50 to Alzheimer Society of B.C..
In its own words
Public education on civil liberties and human rights issues through presentations workshops media commentary; Distribution of various educational resources to the public; hosting public speaking events on civil liberties and human rights and a civil liberties and human rights conference for high school students; Written and oral submissions to government legislatures and courts on civil liberties and human rights issues; assistance and referral to individuals and communities on civil liberties and human rights issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $5,878 | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $6,947 | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $7,436 | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $23K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $77K | $16K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $319K from 20 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$140K
- Vancouver Foundation$91K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,438
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$6,400
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$5,000
- The Victoria Foundation$3,299
- Canada Gives$2,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,315
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- The Illahie Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$904
- Link Charity Canada Inc$500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$477
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$403
- Vancity Community Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Civil Liberties Accociation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888466844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.