Vancouver Unitarians Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108102161RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,167,190) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Unitarians Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Langara College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conduct weekly worship services and church school for children provide pastoral care for members perform marriages memorials and infant dedications conduct covenant groups host a counselling service provide support to community groups for refugees conduct seminars on social justice and environmental issues conduct music concerts operate a lending library display visual art from the community provide meeting space for groups with compatible purposes contribute funds to the Canadian Unitarian Council to support Unitarian values in Canada support Unitarian ministerial students suppo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $7,997 | $20K | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $5,035 | $47K | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $994K | $4,028 | $44K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $913K | $843K | $883 | $37K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $727K | $669K | $5,464 | $16K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $70K from 9 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$614K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael O'Neil (member at large); Catherine Ponsford (member at large); Cheryl Amundsen (vice-president); Mairy Beam (president); Karen Bartlett (treasurer); Karin Hall (member at large); Ralph Theroux (member at large); Carolyn Grant (member at large); Griffin Tedeschini (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Unitarians Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108102161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.