British Columbia · Registered charity
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC (British Columbia) receives grants from 102 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,441,067 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$1,259,524). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC is better cushioned than half of the 362 foundations nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 362 foundations 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.
- Elliott Family 2011 Foundationlocal
- Humphreys Family Foundationlocal
- Timothy A. Young Family Foundationlocal
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 25% · 2018 16% · 2019 19% · 2020 19% · 2021 18% · 2022 17% · 2023 17% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (56% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose C$410k → C$1.2M.
From the CRA filings of VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 funders by total. 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
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders 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 VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 27% · 2019 26% · 2020 28% · 2021 18% · 2022 24% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“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
48% of VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
81% of VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC'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. C$843k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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. Your 102 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Elliott Family 2011 FoundationlocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Humphreys Family FoundationlocalBC · funds 3 organizations near you
- Timothy A. Young Family FoundationlocalBC · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Victor & Anna Kern Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 30 organizations that share your funders
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 148 (North Burnaby) Poppy FundlocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Dr. Ann Worth Charitable Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 32 organizations that share your funders
- Seedlings Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 40 organizations that share your funders
- Fruitvale Community ChestlocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Wolrige Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 28 organizations that share your funders
- The Recreation Foundation of British ColumbialocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Jt Charitable TrustlocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Nicola Family Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 37 organizations that share your funders
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 VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 19% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC?
- VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC (British Columbia) receives grants from 102 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,441,067 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$1,259,524). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 102 organizations giving C$6,441,067 in grants to VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC?
- VANCOUVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$1,259,524 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC 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 102 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