Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 821182656RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($124,601) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $81K in revenue and $125K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 430 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
VARC has 2 main programs - Bird Research and Public Outreach and Education. We continued with both of these in 2021. The bird research includes a banding station at Colony Farm Park a large Bluebird nest box project in Merritt and a number of hummingbird banding projects. Our public outreach includes courses field trips for the public a large schools program and significant social media programs to educate people about the environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $125K | $105K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $214K | $148K | $126K | $0 | — | $110K |
| 2022 | $122K | $107K | $97K | — | — | $43K |
| 2021 | $86K | $87K | $84K | — | $0 | $28K |
| 2020 | $56K | $56K | $54K | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$97K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Matthews (chairman); Debbie Wheeler (director); Jason Jones (director); Kerry Kenwood (director); Robin Naidoo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821182656RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.