David and Dorothy Lam Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118882745RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-27. Split of total expenditures ($1,369,288) as filed with the CRA.
David and Dorothy Lam Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending March 27, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% 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 12 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $500K to Chinese Canadian Museum Society of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $715K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Disbursements made to a variety of qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $22.6M |
| 2023 | $23.2M | $787K | — | — | $729K | $22.8M |
| 2022 | $704K | $759K | — | — | $745K | $431K |
| 2021 | $712K | $735K | — | — | $715K | $486K |
| 2020 | $715K | $694K | — | — | $651K | $509K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 12 qualified donees:
- Chinese Canadian Museum Society of British Columbia$500K
- World Vision Canada$350K
- The Terry Fox Research Institute$200K
- Sanctuary Mental Health Society$100K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$50K
- BC Cancer Foundation$50K
- S.u.c.c.e.s.s. Foundation$12K
- West Point Grey Baptist Church$10K
- Blossoms Charitable Society$10K
- Arrow Leadership International Ministries$5,000
- City in Focus Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Urban Ministries$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$11K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doreen Lau (director); Philip Lau (director); Jennifer Lau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from David and Dorothy Lam Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118882745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.