Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 790078299RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($694,126) as filed with the CRA.
Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $694K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 48% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $368K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $200K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Vancouver Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $458K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society provides free transporation for cancer patients to and from treatment centres in the british columbia lower mainland where they receive chemotherapy radiation and other medical intervention. During 2024 the society's volunteers provided 38 363 rides donated 46507 hours and drove 1 000 138 kilometers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $694K | $636K | $32K | — | $384K |
| 2023 | $928K | $566K | $510K | $26K | — | $253K |
| 2022 | $769K | $640K | $419K | $20K | $175K | $420K |
| 2021 | $503K | $445K | $247K | $27K | $150K | $291K |
| 2020 | $458K | $418K | $144K | $17K | $235K | $233K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $200K to 1 qualified donee:
- Vancouver Foundation$200K
Received $368K from 32 charities:
- Moffat Foundation Inc.$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Openroad Foundation$30K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$25K
- The Block Charitable Foundation$20K
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New Westminster$10K
- The Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation$10K
- Rotary Club of Semiahmoo (white Rock) B.C. Canada Charitable Trust$7,500
- White Rock Rotary Club Charitable Society$5,000
- Al Roadburg Foundation$5,000
- Titan Foundation$5,000
- Tweedledum Foundation$5,000
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$5,000
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$2,500
- Delta Fire Fighters Charitable Society$2,500
- Port Moody Fire Fighters' Charitable Society$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,134
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
- New Westminster Fire Fighters Charitable Society$2,000
- Delta Community Foundation$1,830
- Vancouver Foundation$1,507
- First West Foundation$1,500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Akam (treasurer); Ken Askew (director); Anne Gloeckler (director); Marlyn Graziano (vice president); Gail Kaufmamm (director); Gord Locke (director); Ho Yee Lowe (director); Deborah Sahl (secretary); Bob Smith (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 790078299RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.