Vancouver Sowers Society of Education
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 859956286RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,195) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Sowers Society of Education is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $44K in revenue and $86K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Vancouver Urban Ministries. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $89K in 2020 to $44K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Help improve education in impoverished regions and countries by re-building schools or school facilities and subsidizing students for their education related expenses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44K | $86K | $61K | — | $19K | $15K |
| 2023 | $53K | $40K | $25K | — | $8,500 | $57K |
| 2022 | $35K | $31K | $21K | — | $5,000 | $40K |
| 2021 | $32K | $49K | $41K | — | $3,000 | $40K |
| 2020 | $89K | $119K | $112K | — | $3,000 | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Man Ming Chan (vice president); Shu Lan Fung (director); Wun Fong Wendy Hui (director); Kay Kau Lam (vp & secretary); John Him Shing Lee (president); Hang Kun Lui (director); Benedict Lam (director); Ping Hung Wendy Lau (director); Winnie Wing Lan Wong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Sowers Society of Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859956286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.