Chacko & Lize Simon Scholarship Fund
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 899934343RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,680) as filed with the CRA.
Chacko & Lize Simon Scholarship Fund is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $519K in revenue and $133K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2023, the largest being $2,000 to The BC Regiment (dco) Association Charitable Trust. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
International aid and development – literacy/education/training programs we provide scholarships /grants to students in india we provide financial assistance for medical and disaster relief we provide school supplies to impoverished villages in india we provide financial aid to students in british columbia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $519K | $133K | $54K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $515K | $127K | $47K | — | $2,000 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $496K | $142K | $62K | — | $2,000 | $1M |
| 2021 | $487K | $176K | $98K | — | — | $994K |
| 2020 | $498K | $141K | $63K | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lize Simon (vice president); Margaret Harris (treasurer); Gayle Hawthorne (secretary); Edwin Hawthorne (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chacko & Lize Simon Scholarship Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899934343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.