Vancouver Westcoast Music Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890947245RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($30,252) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Westcoast Music Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $31K in revenue and $30K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Scholarship and bursary competitions series of hybrid concerts for membership membership drive publicity via facebook email newsletters
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31K | $30K | $25K | — | — | $71K |
| 2023 | $42K | $36K | $34K | — | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $32K | $34K | $30K | — | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $25K | $17K | $13K | — | — | $67K |
| 2020 | $25K | $27K | $23K | — | — | $59K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 5 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,693
- Deux Mille Foundation$3,500
- GMR Foundation$3,500
- Vancouver Foundation$3,320
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tony Roper (president); Edette Gagne (past pres & competition chair); Esther Tsang (treasurer); Susan Wong LIM (concert chair); Donna Eden (member at large); Norma Boutillier (membership chair); Jo Pegler (member at large); Jennifer Wong (member at large); Leanne Roy (recording secretary); Jennifer West (member at large); Matthew LI (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Westcoast Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890947245RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.