The Chinese Community Library Services Association
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 106915606RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($25,699) as filed with the CRA.
The Chinese Community Library Services Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $26K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $855.
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 filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
1. Providing various library services which include leding of chinese books rental cds & dvds space for reading newspaper and magazines. 2. Organizing cultural and intellectual program activities such as storytelling competition essay writing competition wood carving classes language courses and chinese new year celebration for seniors. 3 supporting research on chinese canadian community by on-going newspaper clippings. 4. Enhancing intercultural understanding by developing bilingual educational resources on chinese canadian culture and history on chinese language learning. 5. Providi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $26K | $2,007 | — | — | $160K |
| 2023 | $104K | $60K | $720 | $27K | — | $152K |
| 2022 | $21K | $20K | — | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $73K | $25K | — | — | — | $126K |
| 2020 | $24K | $28K | $273 | $6,683 | — | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $855 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,000
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sunni Chen (president); Herman Yan (director); Ping Wong (director); Tommy Tong (director); Helen Tong (director); Man Puk Tam (director); Myra Ming Yuk Siu (director); Blair Montgomery (director); Alan Lau (director); Iok Mei Fung (treasurer); Wai Ling Cheung (director); Kai Hung Cheung (director); Alba Ying Heng Zhou (secretary); Zhongjie Shen (vice preseident); Ho Yan Chan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chinese Community Library Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106915606RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.