Foord Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vernon, British Columbia · BN 815351663RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,748,867) as filed with the CRA.
Foord Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Vernon, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18.1M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $3.1M in 2024, the largest being $740K to North Okanagan Hospice Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $27.4M in 2020 to $18.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Distribution of funds to qualified donees as determined by the Board on an ongoing annual basis.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.1M | $3.7M | $4,256 | — | $3.1M | $108M |
| 2023 | $27.8M | $2.4M | $5,470 | — | $2M | $93.6M |
| 2022 | $17M | $1.6M | $54K | — | $1.2M | $68.2M |
| 2021 | $18.8M | $451K | $5,280 | — | $326K | $52.7M |
| 2020 | $27.4M | $367K | — | — | $155K | $34.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.1M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- North Okanagan Hospice Society$740K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Vernon and District Branch$500K
- Turning Points Collaborative Society$350K
- Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation$300K
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$260K
- Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society$260K
- The University of British Columbia$225K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 22 (Vernon)$52K
- Okanagan College Foundation$45K
- Archway Society for Domestic Peace$41K
- Community Dental Access Centre (North Okanagan) Society$40K
- Literacy Society of the North Okanagan$30K
- North Okanagan Friendship Center Society$28K
- North Okanagan Youth and Family Services Society$25K
- Vernon Science & Discovery Society$20K
- Hope Air$20K
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$16K
- Nexus BC Community Resource Centre Society$15K
- Kalamalka Starfish Society$15K
- Vernon Upper Room Mission Society$11K
- Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society$10K
- Shuswap Okanagan Treatment Centre Society$10K
- Schubert Centre Society$10K
- Pallium Foundation of Canada$10K
- North Okanagan Artists Alternative$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Beck (director); Kenneth Chaun (director); Claire Finch (president); Jean Finch (director); Robert Foord (director); David Kurbis (director); Nancy Kurbis (treasurer); Gerald Olstad (director); Mary Olstad (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foord Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815351663RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.