Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891765968RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($966,120) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $926K in revenue and $966K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 61% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The vancouver heritage foundation is an organization operating programs promoting the preservation maintenanc e and restoration of vancouver city buildings structures and lands with historical or architectural significance in recognition of their public benefit.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $926K | $966K | $836K | $3,040 | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $943K | $868K | $745K | $8,780 | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $969K | $16K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $939K | $765K | $647K | $1,121 | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $790K | $634K | $509K | $543 | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$441K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Larsen (director); Monique Badun (chair); Neil Norris (director); Shauna Towriss (vice-chair); Wilson Wong (treasurer); Kyle Krawchuk (director); Scott Robinson (director); Amin Hassany-Tabatabayi (director); Jonathan Ip (director); Laura` Saimoto (director); Carina Sun (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891765968RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.