Vancouver Association for Photographic Arts
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 896839537RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($40) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Association for Photographic Arts is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $326K in revenue and $40 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 65% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $263K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $65K in 2020 to $326K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Vapa funds the annual capture photography festival to support the creation of photo based exhibitions and public art installations as well as photo/art education. Capture photography festival society is a registered not for profit entity whose mandate aligns with vapa's
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $326K | $40 | — | — | — | $247K |
| 2023 | $74K | $29K | — | — | $29K | $191K |
| 2022 | $73K | $501 | — | — | — | $146K |
| 2021 | $117K | $500 | — | — | — | $84K |
| 2020 | $65K | $512 | — | — | — | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $263K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian McGuffle (co-chair); Mike Harris (co-chair); Kim Spencer-Nairn (director); Alison Mereidth (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Association for Photographic Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896839537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.