David Foster Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 107004210RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,825,413) as filed with the CRA.
David Foster Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12.8M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $988K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $114K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Campfire Circle Autour du Feu. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.6M in 2020 to $12.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The David Foster Foundation provides financial support to families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants. The Foundation supports families by providing financial assistance with non-medical expenses from a child’s initial assessment through surgery and post-operative follow-up. The Foundation also provides transportation and accommodation for families to hospitals throughout Canada enabling them to remain close to their children while receiving medical treatment. In addition to helping families with their non-medical expenses the Foundation strives to increase public aw…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.8M | $6.8M | $1.5M | $4M | $779K | $55.7M |
| 2023 | $7.5M | $4.9M | $1.5M | $2.1M | $62K | $44.7M |
| 2022 | $11M | $3.7M | $1.5M | $1.7M | $102K | $42.2M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $1.7M | $1.1M | $305K | $6,000 | $37M |
| 2020 | $5.6M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $90K | $6,000 | $32.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $114K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $988K from 21 charities:
- John & Bonnie Buhler Foundation Inc.$240K
- The Waugh Family Foundation$158K
- The Giustra Foundation$130K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$100K
- The Schneider Family Foundation$95K
- Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation$75K
- Canucks for Kids Fund$50K
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$40K
- Bhalwani Family Charitable Foundation$20K
- Jonathon D. Fischer Foundation$20K
- The Hunt Family Charitable Foundation$18K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Len and Helen Georgiou Foundation$15K
- Len and Helen Georgiou Foundation$10K
- The Victoria Foundation$1,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$291
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$214
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$50
- United Way of Regina$11
- Canadahelps Canadon$5
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$604K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Foster (chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from David Foster Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107004210RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.