The Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 119255164RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($76,821) as filed with the CRA.
The Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $81K in revenue and $77K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 63% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 162 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Maintain an informative website gathering and distributing information of spina bifida and hydrocephalus (sb/h) funding mobility aids and specialized equipment for needy encouraging research into the cause and treatment of sb/h financially helping needy families with travel to hospital or medial appointments funding medical suppliers & incontinence supplies to needy providing bursaries to people with sb/h for post secondary schooling funding for camps for people with sb/h funding for specialized driving rehab lessons support for people affected with sb/h
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $77K | $60K | — | $500 | $55K |
| 2023 | $68K | $73K | $54K | — | $500 | $52K |
| 2022 | $63K | $74K | $57K | — | $750 | $57K |
| 2021 | $72K | $80K | $66K | — | $1,000 | $67K |
| 2020 | $66K | $79K | $61K | — | $1,000 | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $17K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dodie Barber (director); Stefanie Barber (director); Ashok Bhargava (treasurer); Leslie Ebl (director); Ellie Gelhorn (director); Bev Irwin (director); Kim Klewchuk (secretary); Linda Randall (vice president); Colleen Talbot (president); Jennifer Louie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119255164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.