Al Roadburg Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887696755RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,021,525) as filed with the CRA.
Al Roadburg Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $5.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.4M to The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $591K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $6M | — | — | $5.8M | $33.8M |
| 2023 | $9.9M | $15.2M | — | — | $15.1M | $37.9M |
| 2022 | $39.6M | $3.7M | — | — | $3.5M | $43.3M |
| 2021 | $686K | $420K | — | — | $333K | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $591K | $277K | — | — | $210K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, September 30, 2024
- Investment income$1,909,530
- Other income$3,489
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 $5.8M to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$1.4M
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$1M
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$1M
- B.W.S.S.: Battered Women's Support Services Association$500K
- Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture$100K
- Union Gospel Mission$100K
- Covenant House Vancouver$100K
- Kingdom Acts Foundation$85K
- Pioneer Community Living Association$50K
- PHS Community Services Society$50K
- Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation$50K
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$30K
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$30K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$30K
- A Loving Spoonful Meals Society$30K
- Pioneer Community Living Association$25K
- Pioneer Community Living Association$25K
- The Kettle Friendship Society$25K
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia$25K
- A Loving Spoonful Meals Society$22K
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association$15K
- Southlands Therapeutic Riding Society$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hermina Sali (treasurer & director); Robert Carrothers (secretary & director); Robert Matas (president & director); Danya Rogen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Al Roadburg Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887696755RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.