Chief Joe Mathias British Columbia Aboriginal Scholarship Fund
Publicly funded institution · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891402612RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($145,349) as filed with the CRA.
Chief Joe Mathias British Columbia Aboriginal Scholarship Fund is a charitable organization based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $145K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $55K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Award scholarships to aboriginal students
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $145K | $109K | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $398K | $102K | $85K | — | — | $883K |
| 2022 | $397K | $80K | $65K | — | — | $472K |
| 2021 | $47K | $45K | $37K | — | — | $252K |
| 2020 | $55K | $36K | $28K | — | — | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
- The Illahie Foundation$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,496
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danielle Levine (director); Kimberley Baird (director); Lisa Ethans (president); Amanda Mathias O'Donoghue (director); Steafany Mathias (director); Melody Morisson (director); Sophie Pierre (director); John Watson (director); Nancy Morgan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chief Joe Mathias British Columbia Aboriginal Scholarship Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891402612RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.