Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 852037746RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($641,638) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $673K in revenue and $642K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $408K in 2020 to $673K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The annual international festival is the main program that vibc society runs. It took place 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 | $673K | $642K | $95K | $48K | — | $33K |
| 2023 | $830K | $822K | $319K | $102K | — | -$2,896 |
| 2022 | $1.2M | — | — | — | — | -$5,509 |
| 2021 | $521K | $522K | $80K | $36K | — | -$6,336 |
| 2020 | $408K | $414K | $278K | $29K | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$37K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harpinder Sandhu (chair); Catherine Runnals (member-at-large); Michelle Mann (member-at-large); Abishaek Rawal (member-at-large); Raminder Hayre (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852037746RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.