Vancouver Cantonese Opera
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 862683521RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($214,897) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Cantonese Opera is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $201K in revenue and $215K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $126K in 2020 to $201K in 2024.
In its own words
1) free workshop - cantonese opera behind the scenes. The workshop teaches the participants history of cantonese opera miming hand gestures body movement of chinese opera on stage. Chinese opera makeup demonstration on site. 2) cantonese opera singing and performance technique classes in the lower mainland. 3) opera-in-care live performance at long term care facilities. 4) cantonese opera extravaganza at commuity centres. 5) traditional cantonese opera performance at theatre providing accessible and affordable entertainment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $201K | $215K | $116K | — | — | $171K |
| 2023 | $185K | $161K | $67K | — | — | $185K |
| 2022 | $279K | $282K | $203K | — | — | $161K |
| 2021 | $101K | $136K | $71K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $126K | $84K | $53K | — | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Cantonese Opera’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862683521RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.