VANCOUVER FOUNDATION
Public foundationFoundations·200 - 475 GEORGIA ST W · VANCOUVER, BC · V6B 4M9·BN 119281640RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Vancouver Foundation leverages the generosity of donors towards projects initiatives and organizations working to create meaningful and lasting impact on our communities. We continued delivering a number of grant programs and initiatives such as the LEVEL Youth Policy Program Neighbourhood Small Grants Thriving Indigenous Systems Grants Participatory Action Research Grants and LEVEL BIPOC Grants as well as granting through donor advised funds and agency endowment funds to support this mission.
New programs
Established the Transforming Systems Grants to provide grants of $300 000 for three years to charities non-profits and community co-operatives in BC that are advancing systemic change by addressing the root causes of inequality and supporting those most affected to shape their own futures. Established the Humanitarian Crisis Grants to provide funding for up to a total of $500 000 to support communities in BC impacted by humanitarian crises. Established the Foundation for Black Communities Big Ideas Grant Supplement to provide a three-year grant to the Foundation for Black Communities in su… Show more
Established the Transforming Systems Grants to provide grants of $300 000 for three years to charities non-profits and community co-operatives in BC that are advancing systemic change by addressing the root causes of inequality and supporting those most affected to shape their own futures. Established the Humanitarian Crisis Grants to provide funding for up to a total of $500 000 to support communities in BC impacted by humanitarian crises. Established the Foundation for Black Communities Big Ideas Grant Supplement to provide a three-year grant to the Foundation for Black Communities in support of their Big Ideas Grant (BIG) program which supports initiatives in Black-led organizations serving Black communities. Established a multi-year grant to support the Pathways program and partnership a joint initiative of Arts BC British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA) and the Rural Arts Inclusion Lab (RAIL) which advances equity and systems change in the arts and culture sector in BC.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)76%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)72%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)197 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$288.5M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)11%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $206.5M | 16¢ | 82% | 438.4 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $195.9M | 14¢ | 86% | 495.8 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $257.0M | 15¢ | 85% | 547.4 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $4.1M | 16¢ | 84% | 421.5 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $310.6M | 18¢ | 81% | 350.2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $288.5M | 28¢ | 72% | 197 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
18 directors reported · 18 of 18at arm's length
- HINKSON, CHRISTOPHERDIRECTORarm's length
- EATON, BRENDADIRECTORarm's length
- GREENHILL, ALEXANDRADIRECTORarm's length
- BLACKBURN, HELENDIRECTORarm's length
- GROSSMAN, SUSANDIRECTORarm's length
- VARSHNEY, PRAVEENDIRECTORarm's length
- LANSDOWNE, CARMENDIRECTORarm's length
- JIA, DAWNDIRECTORarm's length
- WOODALL, KELLYDIRECTORarm's length
- Rao, SirishDirectorarm's length
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- ACKENHUSEN, MARYDIRECTORarm's length
- HURON, MIRANDADIRECTORarm's length
- TEMPLE, JAMESDIRECTORarm's length
- WALKER, DANDIRECTORarm's length
- BARON, AMANDADIRECTORarm's length
- ERFAN, AFTABDIRECTORarm's length
- Remtulla, SalimaDirectorarm's length
- Adeleye, OlaoluDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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