Canadian Rugby Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 869159186RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,692,837) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Rugby Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $800K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Rugby Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The foundation was soliciting donations to carry out its main purpose of: fostering encouraging and promoting the game of rugby among both genders within canada through grants bursaries scholarships and awards to qualified donees (as defined by the canada revenue agency) including the canadian rugby union.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $1.7M | $35K | $75K | $1.2M | $22.3M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $1.4M | $87K | $83K | $1.1M | $19.9M |
| 2022 | $678K | $787K | $74K | $63K | $522K | $18.5M |
| 2021 | $13.7M | $336K | $49K | $48K | $176K | $18.6M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $310K | $73K | $68K | $112K | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 13 qualified donees:
- Rugby Canada$1.1M
- Town of Aurora$30K
- University of British Columbia$15K
- University of Victoria$11K
- University of Guelph$6,080
- Queen's University$5,580
- Ecole de Technologies Superieur$4,980
- School District 79$1,700
- School District 70$1,700
- School District 60$1,700
- University of Prince Edward Island$500
- Acadia University$500
- McGill University$250
Received $800K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$270K
- Canadahelps Canadon$270K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$133K
- Faye and David Huestis Family Foundation Inc.$37K
- Blenheim Foundation$35K
- Fahy Family Charitable Trust$15K
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$12K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Reise Family Foundation$7,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,999
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,500
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$1,333
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$364
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$125
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$74
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hans De Goede (director); Jim Kellet (director); Collette McAuley (director); Randy Heward (director); Michael Holmes (chairman); Rick Bourne (director); Barry Giffen (director); John Lecky (director); Graham Brown (director); Jerry Marriott (director); Liz Ferguson (director); Spencer Robinson (director); Stephen Swaffield; Andrew Wright (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Rugby Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869159186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.