Gencon Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 855253183RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,104,315) as filed with the CRA.
Gencon Foundation 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 $4.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $955K in 2024, the largest being $125K to Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Fund facilitate promote and carry out activities and programs to raise funds for donees that contribute to I) the promotion and advancement of social justice and equality; ii) the support and promotion of environmental sustainability; iii) the protection of wildlife; and iv) any other purposes that are beneficial to the community as a whole
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $955K | $24.9M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $611K | — | — | $480K | $21.7M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $397K | — | — | $300K | $19.2M |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $267K | — | — | $225K | $16M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $331K | — | — | $303K | $7.3M |
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$3,883,333
- Investment income$514,217
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 $955K to 13 qualified donees:
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation$125K
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$125K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$100K
- The Loon Foundation$100K
- Galiano Conservancy Association$100K
- Education Without Borders Foundation$100K
- Ecojustice Canada Society$100K
- Endangered Ecosystems Alliance$50K
- The David Suzuki Foundation$50K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$30K
- The Sunshine Coast Arts Council$30K
- Pacific Orca Society$30K
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Reid (director); Heidi Reid (director); Colleen Reid (director); Heather Reid (director); Roderick Tukker (director); Neil Meikleham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gencon Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855253183RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.