Variety - the Children's Charity of BC
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 108168709RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($11,517,345) as filed with the CRA.
Variety - the Children's Charity of BC is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $11.5M in revenue and $11.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 19% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 51 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $995K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $236K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Programs undertaken to deliver life-saving and life-enhancing grants for equipment therapy and services to children in BC who have special needs along with their families and supporting organizations. Variety funds renovations equipment and therapy programs for organizations that provide services for children with special needs. Administer the BC Family Residence program which provides accommodation for families with a child that requires care at BC Children's Hospital.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.5M | $11.5M | $8.2M | $2M | $236K | $15.9M |
| 2023 | $11.4M | $11.3M | $8.2M | $2M | $194K | $15.9M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $9M | $5.2M | $2M | $284K | $15.8M |
| 2021 | $10.8M | $7.8M | $4.6M | $1.8M | $136K | $13.6M |
| 2020 | $9.7M | $7.9M | $4.2M | $2.3M | $125K | $10.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $236K to 9 qualified donees:
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$50K
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$40K
- Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation$40K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$30K
- Royal Inland Hospital Foundation$28K
- Fraser Valley Health CARE Foundation$16K
- Victoria Hospitals Foundation$12K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$10K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$10K
Received $995K from 51 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$213K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$175K
- Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation$150K
- Ledcor Charitable Foundation$100K
- BenefAction Foundation$73K
- W J Weaver Foundation$35K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$26K
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$25K
- The Espiritu Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$17K
- Ames Family Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society$10K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,547
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,058
- Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$4,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$3,931
- Abundance Canada$3,000
- White Rock Peace Arch Rotary Trust$3,000
- Mission Fire Fighters' Charitable Society$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Bell (director); Howard Blank (past chairperson); Kenton Boston (chairperson); John Fraser (director); Sarbjit Gill (secretary); George Pitman (director); Bill Senghera (vice chairperson); Bianca Fusco Zanatta (director); Penny Greening (vice chairperson); Cathy Tostenson (director); Helen Worth (treasurer); Glen Davies (director); Franco Amantea (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Variety - the Children's Charity of BC’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108168709RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.