GiveWise Foundation Canada
Public foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 701032526RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,086,700) as filed with the CRA.
GiveWise Foundation Canada is a public foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18.7M in revenue and $17.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.3M in 2020 to $18.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation solicits and accepts donations for the purpose of granting them exclusively to qualified donees which are evaluated to ensure they can adequately and effectively carry out charitable programming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.7M | $17.1M | — | — | $15.6M | $38.6M |
| 2023 | $35.1M | $13.3M | — | — | $10.6M | $36.9M |
| 2022 | $14.8M | $11.1M | — | — | $9.2M | $15.1M |
| 2021 | $11.9M | $4.1M | $12K | — | $3.2M | $11.4M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.2M | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.8M from 14 charities:
- WCPD Foundation$1.2M
- Conam Charitable Foundation$489K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$45K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$36K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- The Daccord Family Foundation$10K
- The Ben Sawatzky Foundation$7,250
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$6,940
- Canary Foundation$6,000
- J. and J. Pruim Foundation$5,000
- Butterley Family Foundation Inc$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,078
- Hope for Korah Ministries$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$972
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Brandsma (board chair); Robyn Bright (director); Grant Strachan (treasurer); Benji Vanderpol (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from GiveWise Foundation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 701032526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.