Vantage Point Strategies Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119261238RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,803,641) as filed with the CRA.
Vantage Point Strategies Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 22% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Vantage Point Strategies Society exists to advance education promote excellence and maintain high standards of practice in the non-profit and charities sector for the benefit of the public. We deliver classes workshops and courses focused on governance leadership planning and people engagement for new and seasoned non-profit leaders board directors and managers and the general public. We conduct research on the non-profit and charities sector and disseminate results to the public. We encourage voluntary citizen participation in health welfare recreation educational cultural and c…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $0 | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $944K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $990K | — | — | $712K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $964K | $0 | — | $733K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $964K | $627 | — | $898K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paromita Naidu (director); Robbert Visscher (treasurer); Amy Saini (director); Morag Carter (director); Pablita Thomas (chair); Michael Davis (vice chari); Lenya Wilks (director); Shelly D'Mello (director); Akshita Rathee (director); Gordon Holley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vantage Point Strategies Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261238RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.