Flash Fund Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 874458227RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,176,999) as filed with the CRA.
Flash Fund Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $540K to VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $794K in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The flash fund foundation is a charitable foundation with the purpose of disbursing funds and property to qualified donees. During the year the foundation provided funding to a number of charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $1M | $18.6M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $827K | — | — | $657K | $16.1M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $3.6M | — | — | $670K | $15.8M |
| 2021 | $1M | $659K | — | — | $573K | $15.2M |
| 2020 | $794K | $723K | — | — | $647K | $14.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 16 qualified donees:
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$540K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$300K
- BC Cancer Foundation$50K
- The University of British Columbia$40K
- University of Victoria$10K
- Thunderbird Golf Society$10K
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$10K
- The McLean McCuaig Foundation$7,500
- The Salvation Army Kate Booth House$5,500
- Covenant House Vancouver$5,500
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Canuck Place Childrens Hospice$5,000
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,000
- Arts Umbrella Foundation$5,000
- The British Columbia Golf House Society$1,000
- Knowledge Network Corporation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Woods (director); Anne Woods (director); Mark Woods (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Flash Fund Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874458227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.