Cocks Family Foundation
Private foundation · Chemainus, British Columbia · BN 717254536RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,757) as filed with the CRA.
Cocks Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Chemainus, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $17K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $5,800 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Holy Cross Cemetery Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $65K in 2021 to $29K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Scholarships a scholarship or scholarships will be set up for secondary students in the chemainus area. As the foundation's funds grow more scholarships will be created on vancouver island. The scholarships may become renewable for each year of post-secondary education. The scholarship will be awarded on a combination of academic excellence service to the community and economic need. Emergency aid fund the foundation will set up a fund to relieve poverty by providing emergency financial assistance to impoverished and low-income families in british columbia. The fund will be used to assist…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $17K | $10K | — | $6,100 | $135K |
| 2023 | $27K | $8,104 | — | — | $7,500 | $123K |
| 2022 | $65K | $12K | — | — | $11K | $104K |
| 2021 | $65K | $14K | — | — | $14K | $51K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,800 to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Cocks (director); Brian Cocks (director); Alexandra Cocks (director); Adam Cocks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cocks Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 717254536RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.