Canary Foundation
Private foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 811460211RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($889,538) as filed with the CRA.
Canary Foundation is a private foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $890K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $430K in 2024, the largest being $141K to Mercy Children Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The Foundation collects and administers funds in order to distribute funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $890K | — | — | $430K | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $877K | — | — | $525K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $896K | $596K | — | — | $241K | $5M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $443K | — | — | $212K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $213K | $203K | — | — | $140K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $430K to 13 qualified donees:
- Mercy Children Society$141K
- Himalayan Life Canada$90K
- Canadahelps Canadon$74K
- Mennonite Educational Institute Society$55K
- Union Gospel Mission$25K
- The Great Commission Foundation$10K
- Community First Foundation$10K
- Casa de Luz Outreach Ministries$6,687
- GiveWise Foundation Canada$6,000
- Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society$5,195
- Abbotsford Police Foundation$5,000
- Cyrus Centre Ministries$1,067
- NEST Projects Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Barkman (trustee); Shirley Barkman (trustee); Charlene Barkman (trustee); Darren Barkman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canary Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811460211RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.