Bearspaw Benevolent Foundation
Private foundation · Qualicum Beach, British Columbia · BN 890643273RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($481,534) as filed with the CRA.
Bearspaw Benevolent Foundation is a private foundation based in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $897K in revenue and $482K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $410K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The Back Door a Youth Employment Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $283K in 2020 to $897K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Children and youth services housing family and crisis counselling financial counselling and clothing banks street outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $897K | $482K | — | — | $410K | $9.3M |
| 2023 | $615K | $478K | — | — | $381K | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $779K | $365K | $40K | — | $275K | $8M |
| 2021 | $663K | $319K | $40K | — | $235K | $7.6M |
| 2020 | $283K | $415K | — | — | $373K | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$465,203
- Other income$213,300
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 $410K to 9 qualified donees:
- The Back Door a Youth Employment Society$75K
- Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area$75K
- The Further Education Society of Alberta$50K
- The Further Education Society of Alberta$45K
- The Rocky View School Division$40K
- Trellis (bgcc)$40K
- The Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured$30K
- Discovery House$30K
- Miskanawah Community Services Association$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Guest (director); Kristina Guest (director); Bruce Guest (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bearspaw Benevolent Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890643273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.