Vancouver Symphony Foundation
Legal name on the register: VANCOUVER SYMPHONY FOUNDATION
- Identifier
- CA-E-X3Y8-N2BT
- Address
- 500-833 SEYMOUR ST, VANCOUVER, BC, V6B 0G4
- Earliest record
- December 15, 2001
- Also known as
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Charity registration
- 119282283RR0001
- Charity registration
- 854107554RR0001
- Business number
- 119282283
- Business number
- 854107554
- Vancouver licence
- 4495201
- Vancouver licence
- 4642745
- Vancouver licence
- 4860435
- Vancouver licence no.
- 24-113584
- Vancouver licence no.
- 25-135022
- Vancouver licence no.
- 26-137851
| Registrar | Instrument | Number | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Revenue Agency | Registered charity | 119282283RR0001 | — | Registered |
| Canada Revenue Agency | Registered charity | 854107554RR0001 | — | Registered |
| Place | Category | Number | First issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | Association or Society | 4495201 | November 22, 2023 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Association or Society | 4642745 | November 18, 2024 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Association or Society | 4860435 | November 14, 2025 | Issued |
A licence records permission to operate. It is issued by a municipality, not by a corporate registrar, and its presence says the organisation traded at that address on that date — nothing about whether it does today.
| Name | Position | Serving since | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Foster | DIRECTOR | April 24, 2024 | current |
| Suzanne Anton | TRUSTEE | December 7, 2023 | current |
| Judi Korbin | TRUSTEE | December 7, 2023 | current |
| Manijeh Colabella | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Yuan Shi | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Edward Wang | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Vincent Kam Sun Yip | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Beverly Pao | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Rianna Ritchie | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2023 | current |
| Timothy Cuffe | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | current |
| Feisal Dedhar | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | current |
| Andrew Gubbels | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | current |
| Jan Laishley | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | current |
| Dennis Thomas-whonoak | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | current |
| Holden Chow | DIRECTOR | December 2, 2021 | current |
| Jaci Edgeworth | DIRECTOR | December 2, 2021 | current |
| David Garofalo | TRUSTEE | December 17, 2020 | current |
| Jonathan Berkowitz | DIRECTOR | April 22, 2020 | current |
| Etienne Bruson | TRUSTEE | December 13, 2019 | current |
| Ben Mink | DIRECTOR | April 24, 2019 | current |
| James Carter | DIRECTOR | February 21, 2018 | current |
| David Garofalo | VICE CHAIR | November 26, 2017 | current |
| Suzanne Anton | DIRECTOR | November 26, 2017 | current |
| Gerald Mcgavin | TRUSTEE | May 20, 2014 | current |
| Alan Pyatt | TRUSTEE | December 17, 2012 | current |
| Fred Withers | VICE-CHAIR | December 17, 2012 | current |
| Tim Wyman | TRUSTEE | December 14, 2009 | current |
| Arthur Willms | CHAIR | December 15, 2001 | current |
| Nez Aquino | TRUSTEE | December 7, 2023 | ended August 31, 2024 |
| Nez Aquino | DIRECTOR | December 1, 2022 | ended August 31, 2024 |
| Jill Schnarr | DIRECTOR | December 2, 2021 | ended November 27, 2024 |
| Lis Welch | DIRECTOR | February 27, 2019 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Jill Tipping | DIRECTOR | November 29, 2016 | ended May 24, 2024 |
| Alex Mauler | DIRECTOR | May 26, 2016 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Irene Mcewen | TRUSTEE | December 10, 2014 | ended December 7, 2023 |
| Cathy Grant | VICE-CHAIR | November 26, 2014 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Roy Millen | DIRECTOR | November 26, 2014 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Fred Pletcher | DIRECTOR | November 26, 2014 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Debra Finlay | DIRECTOR | November 25, 2014 | ended November 29, 2023 |
| Etienne Bruson | CHAIR | June 28, 2013 | ended November 29, 2023 |
Filed by the charity itself with the Canada Revenue Agency, under the Open Government Licence. This is the narrowest slate the source publishes — name, position, and tenure only; no address, phone, or email exists in the file to withhold. Why this is published and directors’ home addresses never are.
across 35 agreements, 2006–2025
| Paying institution | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Heritage | 22 | $13,696,702 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 13 | $517,348 |
Awards are attached to this record only where the evidence identifies exactly one organisation: a name and postal area that narrow to a single company, or a name unique across the whole national corpus. Proactive publication truncates the vendor postal code to three characters, so anything that could belong to more than one company is left unattached rather than guessed at. Totals are a floor in that direction. The full rules.
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$256,139
- Licence first issued — Association or Society
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$11,566
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$322,246
- Licence first issued — Association or Society
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$11,276
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$588,894
- Licence first issued — Association or Society
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$5,070
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$307,751
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$10,196
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$150,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$544,878
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$21,280
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$664,309
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$18,948
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$660,115
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$13,233
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$1,207,968
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$725,177
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$6,072
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$1,297,037
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$812,862
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$1,305,048
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$1,930,483
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$44,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$426,409
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$50,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$338,310
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$50,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$271,253
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$434,899
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$62,684
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$326,705
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$213,023
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$353,101
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$522,589
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$250,529
4 publishers describe this organisation. They were joined into one record because the evidence below agreed — never on a matching name alone.
- Same name and postal code V6B 0G4asserted by Canada Revenue Agency and City of Vancouver
- Same name and address — 500 833 seymour, vancouver, BCasserted by Canada Revenue Agency
- Same name and address — 833 seymour, vancouver, BCasserted by City of Vancouver
An automatic merge requires a shared business number, or a matching name AND address — never a name by itself. How resolution works.
- Registered charities — directors and officers (2024 returns)Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Registered charities — identification (2024 returns)Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Proactive disclosure — federal grants and contributionsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Vancouver business licencesCity of Vancouver · Open Government Licence – Vancouver
This page is assembled from open data. It is not an official record, and the registrar is authoritative where the two disagree. How records are assembled.
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