Vancouver Poetry House Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 856260344RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($182,567) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Poetry House 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $210K in revenue and $183K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The vancouver poetry house society operates a poetry series (vancouver poetry slam) a poets in schools program (wordplay) an annual youth poetry festival (hullabaloo) and a professional poetry festival (verses festival of words). Volunteers fill vital front-of-house and production rolls at vancouver poetry house. Each week volunteers assist with our box office and hybrid production. These volunteers develop skills that make their work outstanding at our annual festival. We also have members of our community that serve in advisory rolls on programming accessibility equity and how best…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210K | $183K | $116K | $1,480 | — | $25K |
| 2023 | $210K | $237K | $177K | — | — | -$3,197 |
| 2022 | $255K | $276K | $216K | — | — | $24K |
| 2021 | $241K | $221K | $129K | $1,378 | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $169K | $164K | $116K | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amanda Eagleson (treasurer); Lucy Yang (secretary); Michelle Ibalio (vice president); Catherine Lewis (president); Mohini Takhar (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Poetry House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856260344RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.