Canadian-Iranian Foundation
Private foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 855666632RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($112,580) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian-Iranian Foundation is a private foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $112K in revenue and $113K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,476.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Yaaraa Women's Aid Non-Profit Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2020 to $112K in 2024.
In its own words
Canadian iranian foundation is a charitable organization with the aim of facilitating the social and cultural integration of newly arrived immigrants to canada. Ongoing programs include: - sponsorships - university scholarship programs - the foundation presents orientation and integration programs and seminars to educate/assist new immigrants.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112K | $113K | $90K | $4,929 | $5,000 | $91K |
| 2023 | $95K | $104K | $77K | $5,762 | $4,500 | $84K |
| 2022 | $102K | $92K | $64K | $7,951 | $4,250 | $99K |
| 2021 | $43K | $42K | $28K | $3,572 | $2,000 | $90K |
| 2020 | $47K | $71K | $30K | $27K | $1,000 | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$70,131
- Receipted donations$14,497
- Investment income$1,549
- Other income$38
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 $5,000 to 5 qualified donees:
- Yaaraa Women's Aid Non-Profit Society$1,000
- B.W.S.S.: Battered Women's Support Services Association$1,000
- Food Banks British Columbia$1,000
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$1,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1,000
Received $2,476 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian-Iranian Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855666632RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.