Audain Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 878890060RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($19,720,891) as filed with the CRA.
Audain Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $30.7M in revenue and $19.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $18.9M in 2024, the largest being $10M to Fondation du Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16.2M in 2020 to $30.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Make donations to Qualified Donees in support of visual arts and wildlife conservation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.7M | $19.7M | $337K | — | $18.9M | $423.2M |
| 2023 | $24.2M | $14M | $325K | $0 | $13.3M | $383.5M |
| 2022 | $18.4M | $13.2M | $206K | — | $12.6M | $368.8M |
| 2021 | $21.9M | — | $130K | — | $7.5M | $386.4M |
| 2020 | $16.2M | $7.3M | $178K | — | $6.7M | $327.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18.9M to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Fondation du Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec$10M
- Audain Art Museum Foundation$5M
- Unit 306: Society for the Democratization of the Arts$650K
- Simon Fraser University$590K
- Audain Art Museum$473K
- Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation/Fondation Jean Paul Riopelle$300K
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$262K
- The University of British Columbia$166K
- Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation$150K
- Grizzly Bear Foundation$150K
- WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada$146K
- Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society$120K
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation$100K
- Wildsight$100K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$80K
- Mamalilikulla First Nation$75K
- SkeenaWild Conservation Trust$70K
- The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists$60K
- University of Victoria$55K
- Vancouver Symphony Foundation$50K
- Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners$40K
- The Or Gallery Society$33K
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design Trust Fund$30K
- Arts Umbrella Association$30K
- Fondation pour l'Art Thérapeutique et l'Art Brut au Québec$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$342K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Audain (director); Yoshiko Karasawa (director); Fenya Audain (director); Kyra Audain (director); John McKercher (director); Joel Watson (director); Jonathan O'Connor (director); Donald Shumka (director); Neil Chrystal (director); Cameron Cope (director); Daina Augaitis (director); Suzanne Veit (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Audain Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878890060RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.