First Metropolitan United Church Foundation
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 852372739RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,313,909) as filed with the CRA.
First Metropolitan United Church Foundation is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,524.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4.3M in 2024, the largest being $4M to Broad View United Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation through investment income earned and bequests received assisted the ministry of broad view united in 2024. The foundation amalgamated with the broad view united foundation (charity #865866867) as of december 31 2024
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $4.3M | — | — | $4.3M | -$77K |
| 2023 | $731K | $725K | — | — | $678K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $270K | $1.1M | — | — | $367K | $49K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $359K | — | — | $313K | $4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $367K | — | — | $268K | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$76,165
- From other charities$25,954
- Receipted donations$25,034
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.3M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2,524 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Drent (trustee); Larry Scott (trustee); Liane Clark (owner).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Metropolitan United Church Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852372739RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.