Blue Planet Links
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891071805RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,574) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Planet Links is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $40K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $28K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Kidsafe Project Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Website social media and other public information programs promoting healthy oceans and fresh water with information and links to other organizations focusing on water or providing safe drinking water to those who need it. Supporting educational programs focusing on water and related environmental topics. Supporting registered charities that help vulnerable children and refugees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $32K | — | — | $28K | $22K |
| 2023 | $20K | $13K | $10K | — | $10K | $14K |
| 2022 | $40K | $38K | $34K | — | $34K | $6,365 |
| 2021 | $25K | $28K | — | — | $26K | $3,886 |
| 2020 | $47K | $45K | — | — | $42K | $7,055 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$40,000
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 $28K to 9 qualified donees:
- The Kidsafe Project Society$15K
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$5,000
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$2,000
- Ocean Wise Conservation Association$2,000
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$1,000
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$1,000
- Ecojustice Canada Society$1,000
- Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society$500
- The Nature Trust of British Columbia$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Gale (director); Wylie Spencer (director); Sasha Gale (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Planet Links’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891071805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.