VANCOUVER AVIAN RESEARCH CENTRE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationAnimal welfare·4115 BRAEMAR RD E · NORTH VANCOUVER, BC · V7K 3C9·BN 821182656RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
84¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
16%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$81K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 821182656RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 4115 BRAEMAR RD E, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, V7K 3C9. Source.
What does Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "VARC has 2 main programs - Bird Research and Public Outreach and Education. We continued with both of these in 2021. The bird research includes a banding station at Colony Farm Park a large Bluebird nest box project in Merritt and a number of hummingbird banding projects. Our public outreach includes courses…" Full program description.
How much of Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $81K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
VARC has 2 main programs - Bird Research and Public Outreach and Education. We continued with both of these in 2021. The bird research includes a banding station at Colony Farm Park a large Bluebird nest box project in Merritt and a number of hummingbird banding projects. Our public outreach includes courses field trips for the public a large schools program and significant social media programs to educate people about the environment.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
84¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 84¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
16%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$81K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)19%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
21%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
19%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
21%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
59%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $44K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $56K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $86K | 97¢ | 3% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $122K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $214K | 85¢ | 15% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $81K | 84¢ | 16% | — |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
5 directors reported · 4 of 5at arm's length
- Matthews, Derek JChairmannot at arm's length
- Wheeler, DebbieDirectorarm's length
- Jones, JasonDirectorarm's length
- Kenwood, KerryDirectorarm's length
- Naidoo, RobinDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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