Change the World Foundation
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 140525205RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,002,825) as filed with the CRA.
Change the World Foundation is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 7% from government, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 44 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $941K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Harvest projects in a community-based urban relief organization serving bc's north shore community since 1993. The focus is to 'extend a hand up' to individuals and families experiencing difficult life curcumstances- helping to restore them to self-sufficiency in the community. Traumatic curcumstances that threaten to improverish might include job loss divorce illness injury health challenges housing insecurity or death of a family member. Services include the client care program which consist of one-to-one coaching & mentoring referrals to specialized counseling and o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2M | $1.5M | $172K | — | $485K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $131K | — | $829K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $137K | — | $956K |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.6M | $1M | $142K | $140K | $815K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $128K | — | $801K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $941K from 44 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$192K
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$190K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$90K
- Krogseth Foundation$80K
- Canadahelps Canadon$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$50K
- The 1988 Foundation$30K
- Raindrop Foundation$25K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$23K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Munday-Maxwell & Gaylene-Association$16K
- Ames Family Foundation$15K
- The TRH Foundation$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$12K
- Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation$10K
- Face the World Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,500
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$8,220
- Lynn Valley Full Gospel Church$6,000
- Rina M. Bidin Foundation$5,000
- The Bridge Community Church of North Vancouver$5,000
- The Tuey Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Cabeldu (secretary); Gordon Clark (vice-chair); James Grey (treasurer); Greg Howard (director); David Lucas (chair); Carla Villar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Change the World Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140525205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.