British Columbia · Registered charity
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$101,109 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$34k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- C$101k
- Net assets
- C$160k
What The Chinese Community Library Services Association does
Ongoing programs
1. Providing various library services which include leding of chinese books rental cds & dvds space for reading newspaper and magazines. 2. Organizing cultural and intellectual program activities such as storytelling competition essay writing competition wood carving classes language courses and chinese new year celebration for seniors. 3 supporting research on chinese canadian community by on-going newspaper clippings. 4. Enhancing intercultural understanding by developing bilingual educational resources on chinese canadian culture and history on chinese language learning. 5. Providing outreach services to chinese seniors which include library services society support information access translation as well as application and tax return services. 6. Organizing computer courses for seniors to learn about new technology
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from C$80k to C$128k (+59%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 44% · 2020 4% · 2021 80% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose C$2k → C$50k.
From the CRA filings of THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 84% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
89% of THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Government revenue THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 36% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION?
- THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$101,109 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$101,109 in grants to THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION?
- VANCOUVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHINESE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register