Vancouver Island Sikh Cultural Society
Charitable organization · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 119281814RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,948) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Island Sikh Cultural Society is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $142K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 7% from government.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $17K to Cowichan District Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2020 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Sikh religious center. Provides place of worship. Provides education on the sikh religion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $80K | $63K | — | $17K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $106K | $75K | $63K | — | $12K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $160K | $76K | $68K | — | $7,500 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $85K | $47K | $47K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $47K | $37K | $37K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 2 qualified donees:
- Cowichan District Hospital Foundation$17K
- Royal Canadian Legion$95
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$18K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pawittar Atwal (president); Piara Dhillon (director); Charanjit Nijjar (director); Surinder Pagely (director); Makhan Rai (director); Bhupinder Rooprai (director); Harjit Sandhu (director); Narinderpal Sangha (director); Krishan Vashisht (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Island Sikh Cultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281814RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.