The Vancouver Bach Choir
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119281186RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($941,987) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Bach Choir is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $953K in revenue and $942K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 31% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $201K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $953K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Vancouver Bach Choir (VBC) provides high quality training and performances of traditional and new choral works for all communities of all ages. With eight choral ensembles the VBC is one of the largest choral groups in metro Vancouver and the only organization that provides choral singing and education to over 400 voices from kindergarten to adulthood.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $953K | $942K | $831K | $65K | — | $968K |
| 2023 | $830K | $831K | $735K | $44K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $731K | $718K | $635K | $32K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $518K | $415K | $359K | $15K | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $589K | $549K | $18K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $201K from 7 charities:
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$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Olga Volkoff (director); Donna Mathiasen (treasurer); Nathalie Mousseau (secretary); Glenn Lee (director); Stephen Pickett (director); Smith Patricia (director); Zara Deng (director); Malcolm McDonald (president); Trang Pham (director); Helen Shen (director); Jim DeLaHunt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Bach Choir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.