Chalmers Foundation
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118849181RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,975,558) as filed with the CRA.
Chalmers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $44.9M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,460.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.6M in 2020 to $44.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44.9M | $6M | $5.6M | — | — | $39M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $8.9M | $8.5M | — | — | $141K |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.8M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,460 from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jane Deane (chair); Mara (molly) Huber (director); Matthew Kavanagh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chalmers Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118849181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.