British Columbia · Registered charity
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD (British Columbia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,259,145 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (C$11,426,805). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 95 public amenities nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Christopher Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundationlocalportfolio match
- First Light Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
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.
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: 2017 91% · 2018 90% · 2019 95% · 2020 95% · 2021 95% · 2022 94% · 2023 95% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (3% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell C$3.0M → C$1.3M.
From the CRA filings of VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD’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
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 92% · 2019 90% · 2020 89% · 2021 65% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD'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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Christopher Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 8 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 8 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- First Light Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 12 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Central City FoundationlocalBC · funds 9 organizations near you
- Postmedia Network Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Times Colonist Literacy Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Just Philanthropy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Decoda Literacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- R & J Stern Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gmr Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lrj Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 94% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD?
- VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD (British Columbia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,259,145 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (C$11,426,805). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 11 organizations giving C$12,259,145 in grants to VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD?
- VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$11,426,805 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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 11 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 September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register