Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 875097214RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($455,521) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $424K in revenue and $456K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,823.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
5 contemporary art exhibition with Asian and Asian diasporic artists from Canada and abroad Film screening with Canadian and international artists and artist collectives. Annual Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Arts writing mentorship. It is a 12 week program designed to give 8 young and emerging Asian Canadian writers the practice and exposure to launch and grow their professional writing practices.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $424K | $456K | $292K | $1,136 | — | $283K |
| 2023 | $391K | $330K | $266K | $782 | — | $312K |
| 2022 | $402K | $323K | $209K | $1,080 | — | $312K |
| 2021 | $399K | $263K | $198K | $61K | — | $232K |
| 2020 | $317K | $228K | $126K | $1,495 | — | $129K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,823 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$195K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristin Cheung (board director); Yajing (ChiChi) Wang (board director); Brandon Leung (secretary); Bahar Mohzabania (treasurer); Eileen (Xin Ran) Wu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875097214RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.