West Vancouver Youth Band Society
Charitable organization · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119295921RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($434,876) as filed with the CRA.
West Vancouver Youth Band Society is a charitable organization based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $602K in revenue and $435K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $565 in 2024, the largest being $565 to Family Services of the North Shore. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $311K in 2020 to $602K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The society through its four band and two string levels provides the youth of west vancouver and other municipalities the opportunity to learn and play instruments develop an understanding of the importance of arts and contribute to art the symphonic band (senior level) performs at various civic functions the current wvyb registration is in excess of 180 members
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $602K | $435K | $347K | $24K | $565 | $234K |
| 2023 | $325K | $310K | $240K | $15K | — | $229K |
| 2022 | $301K | $290K | $196K | $13K | — | $215K |
| 2021 | $239K | $243K | $144K | $4,791 | — | $204K |
| 2020 | $311K | $302K | $183K | $19K | $620 | $212K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $565 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$144K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee Ann Whitlock (member at large); Lisa Forrest (co-president); Angela Lang (treasurer); Joy Zhou (secretary); Catherine Roseman (member at large); Cali Gibbs (co-president); Katherine Britton (secetary); Howard Cheugn (member at large); Stembile Chibebe (member at large); Ali Mokhtari Amirmajdi (member at large); Tabitha Tan (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Vancouver Youth Band Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119295921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.