Vancouver Urbanarium Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 833325830RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($446,885) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Urbanarium Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $388K in revenue and $447K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $216K in 2020 to $388K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Continued to provide the Metro Vancouver community with a platform for making dialogue around urban issues accessible - how our urban systems and the forces acting on them work what urban futures might happen and what we can do to affect those out-comes. We are a place where people can get reliable information without political or ideological bias. We continued to provide discussion through our City Talks series City Debates series and our City Studio. We wrapped up our 3rd design competition with a publication and launched our 4th design competition called Decoding Timber Towers with a vide…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $388K | $447K | $214K | — | — | $219K |
| 2023 | $169K | $68K | $68K | — | — | $278K |
| 2022 | $330K | $384K | $178K | — | — | $319K |
| 2021 | $342K | $244K | $96K | — | — | $377K |
| 2020 | $216K | $105K | $29K | — | — | $279K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$175K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marta Farevaag; John Haden; Richard Henriquez; Bryce Rositch; Sara Stevens (board chair); Michael Mortensen; Kari Dow; Andrea Smith (secretary treasurer); Derek Lee; Brad Jones; Rob Wilson; Mitch McKamey; Shirley Shen; Travis Hanks.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Urbanarium Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833325830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.