The British Columbia Council for Families
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119217180RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($611,563) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Council for Families is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $612K in revenue and $612K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Provide facilitator training for 'nobody's perfect' program for parents aged =<5 2. Provide facilitator training for 'my tween and me' program for parents of children 8 to 12 3. Provide information and resources on subjects that include parenting child development family life work and family relationships 4. Providing training resources support and networking opportunities to facilitators of the 'parent-child mother goose' program (pcmg) for parents and their babies and young children 5. The 'home visitor training initiative' project aims to improve access to home visitor tra…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $612K | $612K | $516K | $500 | — | $411K |
| 2023 | $603K | $645K | $544K | — | — | $410K |
| 2022 | $583K | $549K | $463K | — | — | $452K |
| 2021 | $666K | $509K | $305K | — | — | $418K |
| 2020 | $517K | $564K | — | — | — | $261K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$271K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anita Bascariol (director); Ethan Clow (director); Kim Jensen (director); Lu Ripley (vice-president); Jim Staton (director); Mark Ashfield (director); Gabby Hillis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Council for Families’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119217180RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.