Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108200098RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,779,946) as filed with the CRA.
Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.8M in revenue and $8.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $224K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 49 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
On july 23 2019 the western institute for the deaf and hard of hearing (the 'society') changed its operating name to wavefront centre for communication accessibility to better represent the society. The legal name of the society remains to be western institute for the deaf and hard of hearing. The society is a not-for-profit organization and registered charity incorporated in 1956 pursuant to the british columbia societies act. The society is exempt from income taxes. Operating as a social enterprise the society delivers a full range of innovative programs and services including accessible…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $8.8M | $8.1M | $136K | — | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $8.6M | $7.9M | $93K | — | $9.8M |
| 2022 | $12.7M | $8.1M | $7.8M | $46K | — | $11.9M |
| 2021 | $17.3M | $7.4M | $7.1M | $9,539 | — | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $6.2M | $6.8M | $6.5M | $93K | — | $8.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $224K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions49
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108200098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.