David Ash Family Foundation
Private foundation · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 822701843RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,168,406) as filed with the CRA.
David Ash Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $4.2M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Wagner Hills Farm Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation gifts funds to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act. The foundation will determine on an annual basis the qualified donees to whom it will make a gift.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.2M | — | — | $4.2M | $167K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $4.9M | — | — | $4.7M | $234K |
| 2022 | $858K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $1.4M | $1,000 | — | $1.4M | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $5M | $1,000 | — | $5M | $112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.2M to 24 qualified donees:
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$2M
- Langley Christian School Society$1M
- Mercy Multiplied Canada Society$200K
- Hope Air$200K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$200K
- Ywam KMC Mission Society$144K
- Langley Food Bank Society$100K
- Nation to Nation Aid and Enrichment Society$45K
- Living Waters Church - Fort Langley$36K
- Erdo$34K
- Metro Kids Society$27K
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$25K
- SecondStreet.org$25K
- Coastal Church$24K
- Union Gospel Mission$20K
- Association of Related Churches Canada$15K
- Lifeline Malawi Association$12K
- The Good News Broadcasting Association of Canada$10K
- Covenant House Vancouver$10K
- Horizon Church$6,000
- Pacific Autism Family Centre Foundation$5,000
- Eagles Nest Ranch Association$5,000
- City Axis Leadership Society$2,500
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ash (director); Lise Ash (director); Darren Millard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from David Ash Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822701843RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.