Canucks for Kids Fund
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118837483RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,281,892) as filed with the CRA.
Canucks for Kids Fund is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $16M in revenue and $10.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $5.7M in 2024, the largest being $2.2M to Canucks Autism Network Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Canucks for Kids Fund dedicates resources and time to qualified charities benefiting children youth and families by focusing on health and wellness social development education and awareness and grassroots hockey. Funding: Core beneficiaries include Canuck Place Childrens Hospice Canucks Autism Network and BC Childrens Hospital Foundation. Other beneficiaries are included in T1236.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16M | $10.3M | $870K | $3.2M | $5.7M | $12.4M |
| 2023 | $10.3M | $12.9M | $474K | $2.3M | $9.9M | $6.7M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $4.5M | $27K | $1.8M | $2.7M | $9.2M |
| 2021 | $16.1M | $15.9M | $22K | $9M | $6.7M | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $14.1M | $11.6M | $97K | $6.6M | $4.8M | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.7M to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canucks Autism Network Society$2.2M
- Burnaby Hospital and Community Foundation$400K
- Canadian Council Ofprovincial and Territorial Sport Federati$316K
- Squamish Nation$305K
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation$300K
- The Britannia Community Services Centre Society$250K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$250K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$240K
- Power to Give Foundation$175K
- ALS Action Canada Society$148K
- Sedin Family Foundation$127K
- Chase and District Recreation Centre Society$100K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$100K
- Simon Fraser University$100K
- Sarah McLachlan School of Music Society$100K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$75K
- David Foster Foundation$50K
- Vancouver Police Foundation$50K
- Free To Be Talks Society$50K
- Adam's Apples Foundation$50K
- Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society$50K
- A New Way Forward Society$30K
- Chinese Canadian Museum Society of British Columbia$25K
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$22K
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$20K
Received $67K from 15 charities:
- The Pera Giving Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,989
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,428
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$5,939
- McCarthy Tetrault Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,856
- United Way British Columbia$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$862
- The Calgary Foundation$450
- Church Unlimited Christian Ministries$150
- GivingForce Foundation Canada$50
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$829K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Keith (board member); Paula Gordon (vice president); Jyrki Lumme (board member); Michael Doyle (president); Todd Kobus (treasurer/secretary); Raj Mutti (board member); Natalie Miller (board member); Wynn Moody (board member); Terry Kalna (board member); Charline Labonte (board member); Darcy Rota (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canucks for Kids Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118837483RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.