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
- odbus-licence
- City of Vancouver:22-113336
- statcan-odbus
- bec454a7f53f567c827d
- Vancouver licence
- 4495201
- Vancouver licence
- 4642745
- Vancouver licence
- 4860435
- Vancouver licence no.
- 24-113584
- Vancouver licence no.
- 25-135022
- Vancouver licence no.
- 26-137851
This scores the depth of the public evidence assembled here. It does not score the organisation’s quality, reputation, solvency or risk. The formula is fixed and reproducible. See the formula.
Additional graph evidence outside the score: 27 organisation connections.
Where this organisation appears in public records
Eight independent dimensions describe the size and shape of the evidence. They are deliberately not added into one company score: a licence, a grant, a director filing and a court finding mean different things.
A larger bar means more public records of that kind. It does not mean better, worse, safer, larger, more profitable or more reputable.
Each dimension uses fixed, logarithmic caps so one dataset with thousands of repeated rows cannot drown out every other fact. Read the formula and limits.
| 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.
2 of them share more than one name, which is a much stronger link than the rest. Those are listed first.
| Organisation | Kind | Names in common |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Concert Hall And Theatre Society CA-E-DA10-1MPS | Registered charity | 2 |
| Vso Charitable Foundation CA-E-PAWT-S9BC | Registered charity | 2 |
| Alan And Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation CA-E-JDFN-JSD2 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Canada West Foundation CA-E-0B41-37T4 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Canadian Constitution Foundation CA-E-N5DE-AGFA | Registered charity | 1 |
| Deux Mille Foundation CA-E-W19T-NCZM | Registered charity | 1 |
| Faith Community Baptist Church Of Souris INC CA-E-BPYA-RPBP | Registered charity | 1 |
| Family Services Of The North Shore Foundation CA-E-QMRF-MB4C | Registered charity | 1 |
| Fundamental Bible Church CA-E-JB7M-VAPR | Registered charity | 1 |
| Kenton Shiloh Pastoral Charge CA-E-3YX8-S6YK | Registered charity | 1 |
| Lifeline CA-E-VGMQ-4G3R | Registered charity | 1 |
| Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation CA-E-CXSA-J48M | Registered charity | 1 |
| New Car Dealers Foundation Of BC CA-E-JNFK-W9BK | Registered charity | 1 |
| Ocean Wise Conservation Association CA-E-AHMS-J59V | Registered charity | 1 |
| Rose City Residential Support Society CA-E-B5SY-83JJ | Registered charity | 1 |
| Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation CA-E-6TM5-13J4 | Registered charity | 1 |
| St John Society (british Columbia & Yukon) CA-E-ER5E-5E3W | Registered charity | 1 |
| TELUS Friendly Future Foundation CA-E-P9WE-SV7J | Registered charity | 1 |
| The Shawana Foundation CA-E-4KQV-37DJ | Registered charity | 1 |
| Ubc Alumni Association Educational Endowment Trust CA-E-QMXR-NMVV | Registered charity | 1 |
| United for Literacy Foundation CA-E-GRY1-YGZ8 | Registered charity | 1 |
| United Way British Columbia CA-E-H283-43S1 | Registered charity | 1 |
| University of Vancouver CA-E-229G-4G42 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Vancouver Museum Society CA-E-THYT-KV8M | Registered charity | 1 |
| Vso School Of Music Society CA-E-ASM2-6AJ9 | Registered charity | 1 |
Showing the 25 strongest of 27.
The link is between organisations and carries only a count. Which people sit on which board stays on each organisation’s own page, exactly as the CRA published it, and there is deliberately no way here to search by a person or to list what one individual is involved in. Why that line is drawn there.
- Total revenue
- $23,886,629
- Total spending
- $23,611,682
- Total assets
- $6,637,840
- Total liabilities
- $5,462,105
- Receipted donations
- $1,828,937
- From other charities
- $3,883,168
- Granted onward
- $216,666
A low share spent on programs is not by itself evidence of anything. Fundraising costs money, a year of building a reserve looks like underspending, and grant-making foundations pass money onward rather than running programs. The lines are shown as filed, with the CRA line numbers, so a reader can check them against the return.
across 16 agreements, 2018–2025
| Paying institution | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Heritage | 8 | $4,459,611 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 8 | $97,641 |
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.
- Trade
- Community Association
- Licensed as
- Association or Society
- Industry code
- 81North American Industry Classification System
- 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 — 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 — 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
6 public datasets from 4 independent 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 Statistics Canada 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 Statistics Canada and 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.
| Dataset | Last captured | Cadence | Coverage kept | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered charities — directors and officers (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 2, 2026 | P1Y | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Registered charities — financial data (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 5, 2026 | P1Y | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Registered charities — identification (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 8, 2026 | P1Y | 2 captures · 1 comparisons | current |
| Proactive disclosure — federal grants and contributions Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 3, 2026 | P3M | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Open Database of Businesses — version 1 Statistics Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada | — | — | — | not measured |
| Vancouver business licences City of Vancouver · Open Government Licence – Vancouver | October 15, 2026 | P1M | 3 captures · 1 comparisons | current |
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