Columbia International Scholarship Endowment Fund
Private foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 815761291RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($231,439) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia International Scholarship Endowment Fund is a private foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $528K in revenue and $231K 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 38% 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 7 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to YMHC Charitable Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $528K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Advancing education by: 1. Providing scholarships and/or grants based on academic achievement to students entering or enrolled in post-secondary education at university college or professional schools. 2. Providing bursaries or grants based on financial needs to students entering or enrolled in post-secondary education at university college or professional schools. 3. Providing scholarships and/or grants based on academic achievement to students enrolled in private educational schools. 4. Providing bursaries or grants based on financial needs to students entering or enrolled in privat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $528K | $231K | $161K | — | $15K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | -$107K | $217K | $152K | — | $14K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | -$176K | $169K | $112K | — | $3,500 | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $796K | $160K | $93K | — | $15K | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $56K | $153K | $106K | — | $2,800 | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 7 qualified donees:
- YMHC Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Telling Tales$2,000
- Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario$2,000
- Food4Kids Hamilton$2,000
- The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund$2,000
- Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)$2,000
- The Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of ST John of Jerusalem$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Yujia Tang (treasurer); Jeffrey Teal (secretary); John Davis (chair); Louanne Chan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia International Scholarship Endowment Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815761291RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.