Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 135178424RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,718,944) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,136.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Counseling advocacy support to women -specialized victims services -children who witness abuse -volunteers program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $785K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $799K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $671K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $604K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $589K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,136 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,136
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harjit Kaur (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135178424RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.