First West Foundation
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 890734940RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,157,989) as filed with the CRA.
First West Foundation is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 126 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $45K to Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation is a grant-making organization funding charities throughout british columbia for a variety of causes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M | $24.1M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.1M | $22.1M |
| 2022 | $619K | $1.8M | — | — | $1.7M | $21M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.7M | $22.2M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $20.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$2,097,150
- Investment income$941,923
- Other gifts$84,721
- Receipted donations$11,374
- From other charities$270
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 $1M to 126 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$45K
- Enderby & District Community Resource Centre Society$36K
- Okanagan Fruit Tree Project Society$27K
- The Great Commission Foundation$25K
- Surrey-North Delta Meals on Wheels$25K
- Step Forward Health Society$25K
- Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society$25K
- Progressive Inter-Cultural Community Services Society$25K
- Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Society$25K
- M2W2 Association - Mentoring Towards Wholeness Together$25K
- Langley Meals on Wheels Services Society$25K
- Emotions Health and Wellness Society of British Columbia$25K
- Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation$25K
- British Columbia Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation$25K
- Fraser Valley Addictions & Recovery Hub Society$20K
- Mosaic Mission$20K
- Care for Women Foundation$20K
- BeMorr Society Mental Health and Suicide Awareness$20K
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada)$18K
- Kelowna Community Resources Society$18K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$17K
- Stigma-Free Mental Health Society$15K
- South Okanagan Similkameen Volunteer Centre Society$15K
- Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Society$15K
- Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre$15K
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Hill (chair); Balraj Mann (director at large); Darryl Kropp (director at large); Waheed Hirji (director at large); Karley Scott (director at large); Alex Brocklebank (director at large); Tracy Fortino (director at large); Kam Mudhar (director at large); Mandeep Sindhi (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First West Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890734940RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.