CO:Here Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 830879532RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($272,801) as filed with the CRA.
CO:Here Foundation 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $246K in revenue and $273K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government, 41% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $110.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Foundation has developed housing to support vulnerable people in the Grandview Woodland neighbourhood in East Vancouver.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $246K | $273K | $243K | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $513K | $487K | $452K | $600 | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $407K | $437K | $416K | $270 | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $303K | $342K | $318K | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $302K | $313K | $301K | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$137K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Guenter (director and chair); Hans Fast (director); Jason Yourk (director and treasurer); Sean Vrtacic (director); Scott Regamble (director and secretary); Aubree Mcatee (director); Wing May Nina Tong (director); Thi Nuong Doan (director); Eric Westberg (director); Tim Roulson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from CO:Here Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830879532RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.