Vancouver Chamber Choir
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119281392RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($739,546) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Chamber Choir is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $872K in revenue and $740K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 44% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Grace Vancouver Reformed Presbyterian Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The core of our mandate is to maintain a professional performing ensemble of high excellence and flexibility in order to perform a wide range of the finest choral repertoire at home and on tour. The 2023/24 season included 11 unique programs in our subscription series; two of these were co-productions with local partner organizations. An additional five performances and three recording projects were produced by other organizations. Our mandate is also to support and encourage the growth of the choral art in our local and national communities which we continue to do through our award-w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $872K | $740K | $558K | $27K | $1,000 | $498K |
| 2023 | $891K | $786K | $610K | $28K | — | $366K |
| 2022 | $672K | $646K | $478K | $16K | — | $261K |
| 2021 | $704K | $518K | $352K | $22K | $300 | $234K |
| 2020 | $713K | $623K | $450K | $17K | — | $49K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $125K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Vancouver Foundation$24K
- The London Drugs Foundation$10K
- Seedlings Foundation$5,000
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$5,000
- ZLC Foundation$3,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,250
- Deux Mille Foundation$2,500
- Diamond Foundation$2,500
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation$2,500
- The Christopher Foundation$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frances Roberts (director); Julian Scott (president); Adrianne Wurz (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Chamber Choir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.