Elm Foundation
Private foundation · Delta, British Columbia · BN 890995210RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,998) as filed with the CRA.
Elm Foundation is a private foundation based in Delta, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $127K in revenue and $156K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $140K in 2024, the largest being $30K to British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Poverty relief entrepreneurship health care education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $127K | $156K | $16K | — | $140K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $395K | $188K | $18K | — | $120K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $98K | $120K | $20K | — | $100K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $171K | $171K | $150K | — | $150K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $88K | $235K | — | — | $215K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $140K to 14 qualified donees:
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$30K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$15K
- Surrey Hospitals Foundation$15K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$10K
- Pathfinder Youth Centre Society$10K
- One to One Literacy Society$10K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$10K
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10K
- Union Gospel Mission$5,000
- The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light$5,000
- The Duncanafrica Society$5,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$5,000
- Code$5,000
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Spence (director); Henry Hollands (director); Sean Jones (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elm Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890995210RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.