Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 834230161RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,099,402) as filed with the CRA.
Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $400K to Vancouver Symphony Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive donations and make grants to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $15.2M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $843K | $888K | — | — | $880K | $13.9M |
| 2021 | $646K | $675K | — | — | $666K | $14M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $433K | — | — | $415K | $14M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 25 qualified donees:
- Vancouver Symphony Foundation$400K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$167K
- Vancouver Opera Association$110K
- United Way British Columbia$110K
- Vancouver Symphony Foundation$50K
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$50K
- CARE Canada$50K
- Vancouver Choral Arts Society$25K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$25K
- Pacific Opera Victoria Association$17K
- Vancouver Recital Society$10K
- Vancouver Cantata Society$10K
- The Standing Wave Society$10K
- Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals Society$7,500
- Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals Society$7,500
- Vetta Chamber Music Society$6,000
- The Vancouver Classic Guitar Society$5,000
- Saint James Music Academy$5,000
- The Coastal Jazz and Blues Society$5,000
- The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$5,000
- The Arthritis Research Centre Society of Canada$5,000
- The Vancouver Chopin Society$4,000
- Vancouver Chamber Choir$2,500
- Chor Leoni Choral Society$2,500
- The Vancouver Chopin Society$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Mason (director); Alan Pyatt (secretary/treasurer); Gwendoline Pyatt (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834230161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.