Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $16.3M in revenue and $13.2M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $390K.

Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 79 permanent full-time positions.

Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4M in 2020 to $16.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.