Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 845298678RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($695,489) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $592K in revenue and $695K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,773.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $220K in 2020 to $592K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $592K | $695K | $594K | — | — | $122K |
| 2023 | $434K | $406K | $312K | — | — | $226K |
| 2022 | $427K | $346K | — | — | — | $198K |
| 2021 | $292K | $213K | — | — | — | $117K |
| 2020 | $220K | $223K | — | — | — | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,773 from 2 charities:
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$273
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$101K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Kreuk (chairman); Mark Waslen (treasurer); Earl Briggs (director); Doris Hiam-Galvez (director); Linda Poole (founder/creative director); Maryanne Guthrie-Warman (secretary); Andrea Arnot (executive director); Hiroki Kudo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845298678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.