Cultivate Canada Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 820694404RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($591,799) as filed with the CRA.
Cultivate Canada Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $542K in revenue and $592K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 80% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $569K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Solefood farm inc. -to demonstrate and interpret the vital connections between farming land stewardship and community well-being -to model the economic and social possibilities for small and medium scale urban and rural agricultural and forestry disparieties in access to healthy food and the knowledge to produce it -to nurture the human spirit through public programs classes and events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $542K | $592K | $574K | $6,953 | — | $48K |
| 2023 | $525K | $527K | $506K | $4,768 | — | $98K |
| 2022 | $361K | $421K | $399K | $9,004 | — | $100K |
| 2021 | $392K | $367K | $348K | $6,795 | — | $160K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $569K from 15 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$225K
- United Way British Columbia$78K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$59K
- SpencerCreo Foundation$50K
- The Brian and Joannah Lawson Family Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$23K
- BenefAction Foundation$20K
- Endswell 2021 Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Medical Foundation$5,027
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- Centra Cares Foundation$500
- The Houssian Foundation$307
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katie Blake (chair); Andrea Carlson (treasurer); Janine De la Salle (board director); Tiago De Sousa Jensen (board director); Peter Ladner (secretary); Russell Precious (board director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cultivate Canada Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820694404RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.