Chan Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888228921RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($487,055) as filed with the CRA.
Chan Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $487K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $346K in 2024, the largest being $55K to Arts Umbrella Association. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $6.8M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To fund for qualified donees including schools etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $487K | $45K | — | $346K | $58.9M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $5.9M | $58K | — | $5.7M | $56M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $363K | — | — | $215K | $58.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $599K | — | — | $425K | $57.5M |
| 2020 | $6.8M | $6.5M | — | — | $6.3M | $56.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $346K to 22 qualified donees:
- Arts Umbrella Association$55K
- Glenlyon Norfolk School Foundation$50K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$50K
- United Way British Columbia$25K
- The British Columbia Photography and Media Arts Society$25K
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$22K
- Power to Give Foundation$20K
- Makeway Charitable Society$20K
- The University of British Columbia$15K
- S.u.c.c.e.s.s. Foundation$15K
- Chinese Canadian Museum Society of British Columbia$10K
- Kitasoo Xai'xais Stewardship Authority$10K
- The David Suzuki Foundation$7,000
- The DR Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society of Vancouver$5,000
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$5,000
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$4,000
- Vancouver Island School of Art Society$2,000
- Vancouver Police Foundation$2,000
- Chinese Community Policing Centre$1,500
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design Foundation$1,000
- Mom to Mom Child Poverty Initiative Society$500
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Caleb Chan (director); Christian Chan (director); Donald Lee (director); Erica Chan (director); Claire Chan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chan Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888228921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.