Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119281160RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,362,264) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 52% from government, 38% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $352K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $781K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture (VAST) conducts individual therapy sessions for Refugee Refugee Claimant Temporary Foreign Worker and Youth clients who are survivors of torture and trauma (in line with the definitions of the UN Convention Against Torture). VAST also runs ongoing daily weekly and monthly groups including: 'Getting Through It' to provide information and support for refugee claimants during their claim process; ‘Arts Making in Community’: Helps clients heal in the community through connecting them to their internal experiences; Move & Relax’: A trauma-in…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $416K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1,753 | — | $459K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | $978K | $7,251 | — | $102K |
| 2021 | $935K | $1M | $947K | $10K | — | $121K |
| 2020 | $781K | $755K | $629K | — | $100K | $207K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $352K from 9 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nick Lopez (treasurer); Michelle Yau (director); Amelia Dangerfield (secretary); Sediga Sarwari (director); Muna Zaidalkilani (co-chair); Samrah Mian (member-at-large); Amita Vulimiri (director); Katherine Jean Lay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281160RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.