Vancouver Public Library Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 880755285RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,240,256) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Public Library Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $268K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $582K in 2024, the largest being $582K to Vancouver Public Library. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The Vancouver Public Library Foundation was established in 1997 to enhance the programs collections services and spaces of the Vancouver Public Library; programs and spaces for everyone in the City of Vancouver.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.2M | — | $352K | $582K | $7.6M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | $341K | $1.3M | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $1.4M | — | $253K | $828K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $466K | — | $110K | $218K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2M | $2,336 | $389K | $1.3M | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $582K to 1 qualified donee:
- Vancouver Public Library$582K
Received $268K from 26 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$87K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$65K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- Makeway Foundation$11K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,500
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$5,939
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,250
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$3,358
- Iain Harris Family Foundation$2,000
- Essential Needs foundation$2,000
- Mathisen Family Private Foundation$1,600
- Schein Foundation$1,000
- GivingForce Foundation Canada$1,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- Anako Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$811
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$280
- Vancity Community Foundation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$525K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jamie Broadhurst (director); Olin Anton (chairman); Beth Ann Locke (director); Jason McDaniel (director); Hitesh Kothary (treasurer); Craig Hemer (director); Sean Muggah (director); Jaclyn Tsang (director); Rajwant Mangat (director); Grant Conroy (director); Anthony Knight (director); Elisha McCALLUM (director); Karen Nishi (director); Jessica Beverley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Public Library Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880755285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.