Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 807895883RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,204,520) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $862K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $6.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
(1) we are continuing progress on constructing a social housing project situated on the border of chinatown in vancouver's downtown eastside community. (2) we own and operate the may wah hotel at 254 e pender st vancouver a non-profit residential accommodation for low-income and senior residents. (3) we own and operate the chinatown vintage at 131 e pender st vancouver a non-profit non-prfit thrift and vintage in the heart of chinatown. (4) we own and operate the chinatown storytelling centre a cultural space dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of the people that lived and wo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | $6.2M | $4.6M | $570K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $4.6M | $2.9M | $1.2M | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $3M | $3.6M | $2.3M | $120K | — | $857K |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $127K | $112K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.8M | — | $370K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $862K from 29 charities:
- Beedie Foundation$250K
- Milan & Maureen Ilich Foundation$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$54K
- The Peter Young Foundation$50K
- Robert H. Lee Foundation$45K
- ZLC Foundation$40K
- The Jack & Darlene Poole Foundation$38K
- Charles & Eve Chang Foundation$31K
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$25K
- John C. Kerr Family Foundation$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$22K
- Chan Family Foundation$22K
- Canucks for Kids Fund$20K
- The Lecky Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$11K
- The London Drugs Foundation$11K
- Makeway Foundation$10K
- Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trust$8,700
- Belzberg Family Foundation$8,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,250
- LRJ Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Fairmont Foundation$2,566
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Wallace Chung (trustee); Henry Fung (trustee & director); Brandt Louie (trustee); Carol Lee (board chair); Caleb Chan (director); Peter Eng (trustee); Tony Letvinchuk (director); Jack Wong (treasurer & secretary); Benjamin Yeung (director); Maggie Ip (director); Beverly Pao (director); John Yee (director); Peter Yeh (trustee).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807895883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.