Vancouver Recital Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119282150RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,456,168) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Recital Society 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 6% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $628K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society sponsored a series of recitals performed by young upcoming musicians as well as established performers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $976K | $142K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.5M | $975K | $131K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $950K | $107K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $954K | $586K | $309K | $92K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1M | $694K | $92K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $628K from 23 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$183K
- The Victoria Foundation$85K
- The London Drugs Foundation$75K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$50K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$40K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Azrieli Foundation$15K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$14K
- Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation$10K
- The Christopher Foundation$10K
- John C. Kerr Family Foundation$8,000
- Diamond Foundation$5,000
- The Cedarhurst Foundation$5,000
- Quesnel Foundation$5,000
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,191
- Deux Mille Foundation$3,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,500
- United Way British Columbia$62
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$484K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Casey Ching (president); Jared Dawson (treasurer); Valerie Hunter (vice-president); Jeff Dresselhuis (secretary); Jonathan Girard (member-at-large); Gloria Tom (member-at-large); Dennis Walz (member-at-large); James Smith (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Recital Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119282150RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.