Vancouver Choral Arts Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 835335035RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($903,632) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Choral Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $921K in revenue and $904K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $129K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $324K in 2020 to $921K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Vancouver youth choir provides a full season of choral programming for youth in kindergarten to age 25 across six choirs. Programming includes music theory concerts touring opportunities and annual retreats.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $921K | $904K | $669K | — | — | $165K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $928K | — | — | $147K |
| 2022 | $510K | $508K | $420K | — | — | $127K |
| 2021 | $327K | $277K | $202K | — | — | $125K |
| 2020 | $324K | $276K | $202K | — | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $129K from 17 charities:
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation$25K
- Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$16K
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$15K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$7,859
- Deux Mille Foundation$5,000
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$3,000
- McCarthy Tetrault Foundation$2,500
- Click - Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society$2,500
- The Christopher Foundation$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,290
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$984
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$331K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Mossop Scott (chair); Leanne Dalton (vice-chair); Tiffany Kuhlmann (treasurer); Heidi Harmer (secrectary); Nichola Anderton (member at large); Myles Degenstien (member at large); Violet Goosen (member at large); Daryl Hosein (member at large); George Laverock (member at large); Siobhan Sams (member at large); Randa Soussou (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Choral Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835335035RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.