Vancouver Adapted Music Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 130463607RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,444) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Adapted Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $251K in revenue and $250K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 45% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
2024 marked the return of VAMS Strong Sessions featuring musicians with disabilities such as Rachael Ransom Simon Paradis Sylvi MacCormac and Kristina Sheldon. The Strong Sessions concert was held on August 25th at the Roundhouse Community Centre and was attended by 65 people. Other concerts in 2024 included an album release show for Rachael Ransom’s debut album 'Sixty Seven Ten ' on November 15th at the Blusson Spinal Cord Injury Centre. Besides concerts the VAMS podcast titled Re-Imagine Radio and hosted on YouTube and Spotify continued throughout 2024 with 30 episodes featuring conv…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $251K | $250K | $214K | $6,556 | — | $6,622 |
| 2023 | $245K | — | $212K | $5,889 | — | $6,170 |
| 2022 | $282K | $321K | $274K | $16K | — | $6,740 |
| 2021 | $373K | $369K | $309K | $16K | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $170K | $165K | — | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $160K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$199K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Art Jonker (chair); Kristina Shelden (secretary-treasurer); Ej Tremblay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Adapted Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130463607RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.