Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 138399233RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($61,695,187) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $61.7M in revenue and $61.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,056.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 158 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39.9M in 2020 to $61.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides holistic service delivery that culturally and spiritually strengthens aboriginal children and families in the greater vancouver area. The guardianship program develops culturally specific plans of care for the children in our care and its administrative social workers. Residential resources program provides an inclusive foster care approach and makes monthly payments for their care and maintenance of children family preservation program works within aboriginal families and their children to maintain stability and reunification. Child protection program provides services to the pare…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $61.7M | $61.7M | $58.3M | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $45.5M | $46.1M | $42.4M | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $43M | $42.4M | $39.6M | — | — | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $45M | $42.4M | $39.6M | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $39.9M | $40.5M | $37.9M | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,056 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions158
- Total compensation, all staff$14.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Stiller (chair); Madeleine Macivor (vice chair); Richard George (treasurer/secretary); Darlene Willier (director); Bernice Discon (director); Virge Saviera (director); Aaron Seth Christoff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138399233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.