Chernoff Family Foundation
Private foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 867304032RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($98,561) as filed with the CRA.
Chernoff Family Foundation is a private foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $968K in revenue and $99K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% 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 30 qualified donees totalling $876K in 2024, the largest being $56K to Queen's University at Kingston. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Gifting to hospitals universities colleges schools foodbanks museums and other community programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $968K | $99K | — | — | -$50K | $20.5M |
| 2023 | $925K | $1.1M | — | — | $1000K | $18.9M |
| 2022 | $879K | $894K | — | — | $697K | $18.9M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $843K | — | — | $648K | $21.7M |
| 2020 | $777K | $819K | — | — | $632K | $18.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $876K to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Queen's University at Kingston$56K
- Suncrest College$50K
- Joshua House$50K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$50K
- 4-H British Columbia Provincial Council Society$50K
- National Doukhobour Heritage Village Inc.$50K
- West Vancouver Foundation$50K
- Salvation Army$50K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$50K
- The Frontier Centre for Public Policy Inc.$50K
- Ubc$30K
- All for Humanity$30K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$30K
- Union Gospel Mission$30K
- Zajac Ranch for Children$30K
- International Climate Science$15K
- Collingwood School$15K
- The Calgary Foundation$15K
- Town of High River$15K
- West Vancouver Fire Fighters Charitable Society$15K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$15K
- Kamsac Nursing Home$15K
- Eaglestone Lodge Personal CARE Home Inc.$15K
- Friends of Science Society$15K
- The Fraser Institute$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Chernoff (president director); Catherine Chernoff (director); Michael Chernoff (director); Michael Chernoff (director); Nyah Chernoff (director); Stella Chernoff (director); Reid Foose (director); Brooke Foose (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chernoff Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867304032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.