Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846498681RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($146,682) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Independent Music Centre 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 $144K in revenue and $147K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 64% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,375.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $72K in 2020 to $144K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
In 2023-2024 vim successfully hosted eight public concerts at five lower mainland venues: kw studios fox cabaret annex anvil and hollywood theatres. The concerts freatured emerging young singer songwriters swing dance middle eastern music afro-arabic fusion traditional chinese folk songs contemporary jazz a lil'wat vocal ensemble and taiko. Through these concerts vim reached new audience members fostered new community connections and bolstered existing partnerships. Vim also supported polycentric polyphonies an educational outreach project exploring cultural diversity in choral mus…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144K | $147K | $69K | — | — | $19K |
| 2023 | $125K | $147K | $78K | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $275K | $238K | $152K | — | — | $44K |
| 2021 | $62K | $62K | $25K | — | — | $7,197 |
| 2020 | $72K | $66K | $29K | — | — | $6,918 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,375 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$60K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Korsrud (director); Ann McDonell (president); Wendy Atkinson (vice president); Diane Kadota (treasurer); Parmela Attariwala (director); Judith Lee (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846498681RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.