Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 826551293RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($449,476) as filed with the CRA.
Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $454K in revenue and $449K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 70% from government, 25% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $448K in 2024, the largest being $448K to The Board of Education of School District No. 44 (North Vancouver). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $116K in 2020 to $454K 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 | $454K | $449K | — | — | $448K | $39K |
| 2023 | $345K | $523K | — | — | $516K | $34K |
| 2022 | $289K | $550K | — | $117 | $548K | $38K |
| 2021 | $453K | $53K | — | $125 | $52K | $48K |
| 2020 | $116K | $110K | — | $3,550 | $105K | $43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $448K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $141K from 4 charities:
- Future Generations Foundation$70K
- Mvzeif$50K
- ZLC Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,149
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Jenkins (director); Jacqui Stewart (director); Pius Ryan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826551293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.