Chris-Spencer Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118853886RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($177,577) as filed with the CRA.
Chris-Spencer Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $458K in revenue and $178K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $144K in 2024, the largest being $10K to The University of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $96K in 2020 to $458K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation contributes to registered charities whose aims and goals in whole or in part are intended to make young people better citizens of canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $458K | $178K | — | — | $144K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $270K | $157K | — | — | $128K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | -$279K | $156K | — | — | $126K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $337K | $146K | — | — | $114K | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $96K | $147K | — | — | $117K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$67,685
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $144K to 20 qualified donees:
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society$10K
- Leave Out Violence (LOVE) BC$10K
- Growing Chefs Society$10K
- West Coast Kids Cancer Foundation$10K
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria$10K
- Kids Play Youth Foundation$10K
- Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives Association$10K
- Axis Theatre Society$10K
- Access Youth Outreach Services Society$9,600
- Zeezee Theatre Society$5,000
- Victoria Brain Injury Society$5,000
- The Green Thumb Players Society$5,000
- Blind Beginnings Society$5,000
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$5,000
- Richmond Therapeutic Riding Association$5,000
- BC Wheelchair Basketball Society$5,000
- Carousel Theatre Society$4,500
- Vancouver Opera Association$2,500
- Theatre la Seizieme$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Armstrong (chairman); Elizabeth-Anne Armstrong (secretary); Belinda Boyd (director); David Lafolnd (director); Gillian Edworthy (director); Collins Kristina (direcrtor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chris-Spencer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118853886RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.