Vela Microboard Association of B.C.
Publicly funded institution · Langley, British Columbia · BN 119282986RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($777,395) as filed with the CRA.
Vela Microboard Association of B.C. is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $892K in revenue and $777K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,471.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $317 in 2024, the largest being $317 to Family Support Institute of BC Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $541K in 2020 to $892K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Support for the creation of microboards in british columbia in order to help individuals in need. Support for individualized funding as a payment option for individuals served by community living bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $892K | $777K | $774K | — | $317 | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $588K | $587K | — | $60 | $975K |
| 2022 | $713K | $660K | $654K | — | $4,000 | $504K |
| 2021 | $677K | $576K | $573K | — | — | $452K |
| 2020 | $541K | $531K | $523K | — | — | $351K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $317 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,471 from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$664K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barb Warkentine (director); Vicki Gee (vice chair); Paul Thomas (director); Val Cook (director); Dallas Hinton (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vela Microboard Association of B.C.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119282986RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.