Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 868572025RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($47,744) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $49K in revenue and $48K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The vancouver chinese instrumental music society presented three concerts of original music at three different venues in metro vancouver - the anvil centre the annex and dr. Sun yat-sen classical chinese garden as well as at two festivals including the langley jazz festival and light up chinatown and at two schools. The society presented a hands on introduction to chinese instruments for children and families also known as the instrument petting zoom at the chinatown storytelling centre in june 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $49K | $48K | $38K | — | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $68K | $68K | $58K | — | — | $10K |
| 2022 | $69K | $66K | $56K | — | — | $9,959 |
| 2021 | $46K | $46K | $35K | — | — | $7,069 |
| 2020 | $49K | $49K | $39K | — | — | $7,046 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joyce Lam (chair); Brian Lam (treasurer); Patti Osborne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868572025RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.