The Vancouver Community Network
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 141017152RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($216,892) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Community Network is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $57K in revenue and $217K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,000.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $57K in 2024.
In its own words
The Vancouver Community Network (VCN) is a member-run non profit established to support and sustain individuals groups and non-government organizations with social aims. We provide free internet dial-up access to the general public as well as free/low cost technical and website development & support computer training and web-hosting for members non-profits and societies. VCN has administered a number of government and community programs including the Community Access Program (CAP) fro Metro Vancouver. We have run the train-the-trainer educational workshops. In 2021-22 we continue…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57K | $217K | $217K | — | $0 | $342K |
| 2023 | $596K | $720K | $18K | $15 | $0 | $503K |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $5.7M | $5.7M | — | $0 | $40K |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $6.9M | $17K | $0 | $0 | $553K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $99K | $0 | $0 | $359K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,000 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$170K
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 Vancouver Community Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141017152RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.