Fairbairn Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887777159RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($64,144) as filed with the CRA.
Fairbairn Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $64K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to YWCA British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The disbursement of funds to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $64K | — | — | $52K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $73K | $82K | — | — | $69K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $61K | $59K | — | — | $47K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $68K | $52K | $42K | — | $42K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $50K | $54K | — | — | $43K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 12 qualified donees:
- YWCA British Columbia$5,000
- United Way British Columbia$5,000
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$5,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$5,000
- Covenant House$5,000
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$5,000
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$5,000
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$5,000
- C.h.i. - Association for Conservancy of Hornby Island$4,000
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$3,000
- The David Suzuki Foundation$3,000
- Saint James Music Academy$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Glover (president & secretary); Scott Fairbairn (director); Kevin Fairbairn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fairbairn Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887777159RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.