Employ to Empower Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 767768286RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($739,654) as filed with the CRA.
Employ to Empower Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $895K in revenue and $740K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 48% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $271K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $31K in 2020 to $895K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Employ to empower foundation is a vancouver charity that empowers low-income entrepreneurs to overcome barriers. Our blue skies vision is to use entrepreneurship as a vehicle to foster purpose pride and belonging.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $895K | $740K | $369K | $225K | — | $332K |
| 2023 | $566K | $519K | $356K | $85K | — | $175K |
| 2022 | $225K | $161K | $108K | $27K | — | $128K |
| 2021 | $126K | $94K | $68K | $8,532 | — | $65K |
| 2020 | $31K | $12K | $6,311 | — | — | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $271K from 15 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$98K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$81K
- RBC Foundation$30K
- Diamond Foundation$15K
- Redemption Church$10K
- Era Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$7,500
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- Face the World Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,587
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$1,689
- ZLC Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$460K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Lorant (director); Scott Shaw (director); Timothy Ames (chair); Darius Maze (vice chair); Vayuri Bhagwandeen (treasurer); Sonali Sharma (director); Ralph Baddour (director); Sarah Lubik (director); Christina Wong (director); Breanne Lehodey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Employ to Empower Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 767768286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.