Access Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118850197RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,788,910) as filed with the CRA.
Access Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $853K in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.6M in 2024, the largest being $3.6M to Cedar Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $853K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Support education of disadvantaged children and provide assistance to individuals in the advancement of their education. Provide support and financial assistance to disadvantaged individuals living in poverty; assist in relieving such poverty.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $853K | $3.8M | — | — | $3.6M | $23.4M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.9M | $26.4M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.7M | $27.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $27.7M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.2M | $27.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$732,732
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.6M to 1 qualified donee:
- Cedar Foundation$3.6M
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerardo Avila (director); Lynda Bentall (director); Charles Curtis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Access Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118850197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.