Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation
Private foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 869896506RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,665,726) as filed with the CRA.
Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation is a private foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15.5M in revenue and $9.7M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 55 qualified donees totalling $3.7M in 2024, the largest being $702K to British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.7M in 2020 to $15.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The main purpose of the foundation is to promote the welfare and care of the poor or necessitous persons encourage educational religious or philosophical advancement or scientific or medical research through ongoing donations to charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.5M | $9.7M | $637K | — | $3.7M | $98.9M |
| 2023 | $11.6M | $9.7M | $596K | — | $4.2M | $93.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $7.7M | $471K | — | $2.4M | $91.2M |
| 2021 | $11M | $7.3M | $409K | — | $2.3M | $96M |
| 2020 | $8.7M | $7.3M | $427K | — | $2.7M | $92.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.7M to 55 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$702K
- Simon Fraser University$580K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$356K
- University of Victoria$350K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$300K
- Health and Home CARE Society of British Columbia$275K
- ST Paul's Hospital Foundation Inc$262K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$135K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$84K
- Neekoo Philanthropic Society$81K
- WE Charity$75K
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$74K
- Covenant House Vancouver$50K
- The British Columbia Photography and Media Arts Society$44K
- Parya Trillium Foundation$30K
- Junior Achievement of British Columbia$30K
- Intellectual Disabilities (north & West Vancouver) Society$30K
- Family Services of the North Shore Foundation$30K
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$25K
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$25K
- CARE Canada$15K
- Surrey Hospitals Foundation$10K
- Hollyburn Community Services Society$10K
- The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association$10K
- Child Development Foundation of British Columbia$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abdolhamid Eshghi (president); Mahmoudreza Eshghi (vice-president); Margaret Thomson (treasurer); Abrisham Eshghi (secretary); Arya Eshghi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869896506RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.