Community Evolution Initiatives Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 859619298RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,585) as filed with the CRA.
Community Evolution Initiatives Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $104K in revenue and $165K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $329K in 2020 to $104K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Advance education by developing curriculum and providing courses in leadership life skills professional development and responsible and effective community involvement and promote volunteerism in the community at large by increasing awareness and support of volunteers for the benefit of the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $104K | $165K | $116K | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $232K | $145K | $159K | — | $145K | — |
| 2022 | $105K | $121K | $108K | — | — | $22K |
| 2021 | $105K | $89K | $74K | — | — | $38K |
| 2020 | $329K | $315K | $275K | — | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$94K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Zysman (director); Miles Alperstein (director); Stanley Lubin (director); John Kay (director); Candy Ho (director); Lyn Tyler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Evolution Initiatives Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859619298RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.