Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 811563154RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($66,330) as filed with the CRA.
Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trust 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 $450K in revenue and $66K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $8,700 to Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $149K in 2020 to $450K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The trust disbursed funds to twelve qualified donees; bc cancer foundation vancouver chinatown foundation for community revitalization woman’s college hospital foundation arthritis society canada canadian cancer society west end seniors’ network society the arts club theatre company h.r. Macmilliam space centre society music in the morning concert society vancouver art gallery association vancouver opera association and vancouver symphony society. A grant of $22 000 was provided to fjl housing society. The charity received additional funds of $87 879.72 by way of receipt of gifts of…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $450K | $66K | — | — | $51K | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $345K | $21K | — | — | $17K | $4M |
| 2022 | $244K | $218K | — | — | $213K | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $164K | $217K | — | — | $214K | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $149K | $6,271 | — | — | $3,153 | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 12 qualified donees:
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$8,700
- Music in the Morning Concert Society$5,000
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$3,000
- The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$3,000
- Vancouver Symphony Society$3,000
- Vancouver Opera Association$3,000
- Arthritis Society Canada$1,500
- H.R. Macmillan Space Centre Society$1,000
- Women's College Hospital Foundation$500
- West End Seniors' Network Society$150
- Canadian Cancer Society$100
- BC Cancer Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Lew (trustee); Joan Lew (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811563154RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.