Aspen Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 864322193RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,632,659) as filed with the CRA.
Aspen Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $2.6M 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 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.1M in 2024, the largest being $2.1M to Maimonides School Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.1M | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.3M | $11.7M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.1M | $12.1M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1M | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M | $10M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Investment income$7,116
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 $2.1M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Humphry Koch (director); Jill Diamond (director); Edgar Frechette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aspen Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864322193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.