Vancouver Fire Fighters' Charitable Society
Public foundation · Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 867412132RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($823,800) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Fire Fighters' Charitable Society is a public foundation based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $824K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $226K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $157K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $675K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Raise fund for certain charities who carry out medical and health care research - assisted members in the community who have been affected by traumatic wounds injuries or incidents through referrals to burn organizations - give bursaries to students of vancouver - sports equipment donation - lunch donation program - health program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $824K | $396K | $149K | $157K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $889K | $748K | $381K | $141K | $151K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $548K | $487K | $330K | $38K | $66K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $617K | $494K | $286K | $52K | $48K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $675K | $582K | $267K | $97K | $144K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $157K to 21 qualified donees:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of British Columbia$30K
- BC Cancer Foundation$25K
- Inspirehealth Society$18K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$15K
- The Children's Family House Society of B.C.$14K
- VGH Foundation$12K
- British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund$10K
- British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund$10K
- ALS Society of BC$5,000
- Pacific Autism Family Centre Foundation$3,350
- Health and Home Care Foundation of BC$3,350
- Rare Trait Hope Society$2,475
- S.u.c.c.e.s.s. Foundation$2,350
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$2,350
- S.u.c.c.e.s.s. Foundation$2,350
- ALS Society of BC$500
- Union Gospel Mission$400
- British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund$400
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$400
- Zajac Ranch Society$200
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$200
Received $226K from 16 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$91K
- The Rix Family Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Timothy A. Young Family Foundation$11K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- The Ascension Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation$5,000
- The Peter Young Foundation$2,500
- A.e. (ted) and Deanna M. Turton Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,543
- ZLC Foundation$1,300
- United Way British Columbia$984
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$815
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Weeks (director); Darren Genge (director); Adrian Sherriff (director); Dickson Austin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Fire Fighters' Charitable Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867412132RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.