Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Vancity Community Foundation

Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892028242RR0001 · Foundations · website

Your $100, itemizedVancity Community FoundationFiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Charitable programs$47
Gifts to other charities$33
Management & admin$15
Fundraising$5
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,338,250) as filed with the CRA.

Vancity Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $20.3M in revenue and $15.3M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 86 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.

Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.

As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1,118 qualified donees totalling $4.8M in 2024, the largest being $345K to City of Surrey. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.

In its own words

VCF delivers funding and develops charitable programs and projects that contribute to economic inclusion social justice and environmental sustainability. Key program areas include: 1) Providing grants to qualified donees in partnership with donors and other funders supporting a range of community initiatives and organizations addressing social cultural economic and environmental goals. 2) Delivering grants impact investments and/or technical support for non-profit affordable housing development non-profit social enterprise poverty reduction and homelessness prevention and reduction…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$20.3M$15.3M$7.3M$691K$5M$69.6M
2023$20.6M$13M$5.9M$543K$3.8M$64.6M
2022$5.4M$12.3M$4.9M$59K$5.3M$57.1M
2021$15.2M$12M$5M$51K$5.3M$64M
2020$25.6M$18M$5.3M$106K$11.3M$60.9M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $4.8M to 1,118 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 1,118 grants

Received $1.1M from 86 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $250,000–299,9991 position
  • $160,000–199,9996 positions
  • $120,000–159,9993 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions58
  • Total compensation, all staff$5.1M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Jindy Bains (director); Mebrat Beyene (director); Gurpreet Jhaj (director); Heather O'Hara (director); Joe Reid (board chair).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Vancity Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892028242RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.