Cote Family Memorial Foundation
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118877372RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,718) as filed with the CRA.
Cote Family Memorial Foundation is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $10K in revenue and $6,718 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $6,678 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Vancouver Island. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1) Shelter and feed street persons (Anawim Covenant House Vancouver Our Place SVDP Development & Peace) 2) Provide shelter food and training to youth in India and Nepal (Children Believe - formerly Christian Children) Can. Jesuit Missions - SOJASI) 3) Provide care for youth in rural Manitoba (Esk-Omi) 4) Provide shelter for mentally challenged individuals (Shekinah Homes) 5) Support those in need of end of life services (Victoria Hospice) 6) Provide training and information for farmers in developing countries (Farm Radio International) 7) Provide services for women leaving abusive home …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10K | $6,718 | — | — | $6,678 | $129K |
| 2023 | $12K | $5,513 | $0 | — | $5,473 | $125K |
| 2022 | $7,364 | $4,388 | $0 | — | $4,348 | $119K |
| 2021 | $7,746 | $4,018 | $0 | — | $3,978 | $116K |
| 2020 | $6,883 | $4,150 | $0 | — | $4,018 | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,678 to 15 qualified donees:
- Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Vancouver Island$2,500
- Anawim Companions$800
- Children Believe Fund$528
- Our Place Society of Victoria$400
- Victoria Hospice Society$300
- Canadian Jesuit Missions (SOJASI)$300
- Victoria Women's Transition House Society$250
- Community First Foundation$200
- Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix$200
- Shekinah Homes Society$200
- Victoria Women s Sexual Assault Centre$200
- Farm Radio International / Radios Rurales Internationales$200
- Indian Residential School Survivors Society$200
- Covenant House (Vancouver)$200
- Esk-Omi Mission$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Côté (vice president); Sandra Côté (director); Tristan Côté (director); Glenn Gerein (director); Thérèse Gerein (president/treasurer); Katelyn Owens (director); Brian Owens (director); Hilary Riches (director); Lorraine Schoor (secretary); Laura Van Dyk (director); Julie Rizzuto (director); Bailey Côté (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cote Family Memorial Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118877372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.