Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 874917206RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($653,596) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $714K in revenue and $654K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $152K in 2020 to $714K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To educate and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts by providing musical performances of an artistic nature in public places churches community centres and educational institutions. To provide opportunities for young musicians to perform and to provide them with educational experiences in music.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $714K | $654K | $506K | $86K | — | $271K |
| 2023 | $417K | $127K | — | — | — | $210K |
| 2022 | $286K | $278K | — | — | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $171K | $146K | $117K | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $152K | $136K | $105K | — | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $115K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Blank (president); Pearl Hsieh (director); Ruby Ba (secretary); Shu Fen (dolly) Chieh (director); Alsia Ker (director); Teddy Mah (director); Tanya Phelps (director); Shimeng (sonia) Tang (director); Kevin Wong (director); Lawrence Wong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874917206RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.