Changing Destinies Foundation for Dyslexia
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 804470342RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($763,847) as filed with the CRA.
Changing Destinies Foundation for Dyslexia is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $764K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $873K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $250K in 2024, the largest being $250K to Fraser Academy Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $839K in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Promote the advancement of education by making grants or otherwise supporting Fraser Academy Association or any other educational organization in Canada that educates students with dyslexia or related language based learning difficulties provided that any such organization is a 'qualified donee' (as defined in the Income Tax Act.(Canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $764K | $413K | — | — | $16.7M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $435K | $386K | — | — | $14M |
| 2022 | $600K | $132K | $81K | — | — | $10.8M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $107K | $74K | — | — | $10.4M |
| 2020 | $839K | $269K | — | — | — | $7.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250K to 1 qualified donee:
- Fraser Academy Association$250K
Received $873K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Paul Pressey (treasurer); Brenda Kinsella (director); Neil Johnston (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Changing Destinies Foundation for Dyslexia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804470342RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.