Balfour's Friends Foundation
Charitable organization · Saanichton, British Columbia · BN 845693449RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($76,657) as filed with the CRA.
Balfour's Friends Foundation is a charitable organization based in Saanichton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $77K in revenue and $77K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 430 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $48K in 2020 to $77K in 2024.
In its own words
To assist persons in need by receiving funds through grants and fundraising to provide supplemental aid to pet owners in need to ensure proper veterinary care can be supplied to their pet.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $77K | $77K | $4,678 | — | — | $56K |
| 2023 | $46K | $61K | $3,095 | $9,937 | — | $60K |
| 2022 | $90K | $43K | $798 | $7,023 | — | $77K |
| 2021 | $48K | $44K | — | $7,097 | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $48K | $33K | — | $1,350 | — | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 8 charities:
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$7,100
- Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundation$5,400
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,512
- The Victoria Foundation$1,000
- Saanich Police Association Charitable Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$201
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$185
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Balfour's Friends Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845693449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.