Hau-Cheong Chau Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 801749680RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($158,641) as filed with the CRA.
Hau-Cheong Chau 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 $40K in revenue and $159K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $39K to The International Buddhist Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To gift to qualified donees as defined ins. 149.1(1) of the income tax act – including bc children’s hospital and secondary schools/universities in bc that are registered charities under the income tax act
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $159K | — | — | $42K | $931K |
| 2023 | $71K | $69K | — | — | $44K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $322K | $48K | — | — | $25K | $1M |
| 2021 | $42K | $56K | — | — | $30K | $774K |
| 2020 | $49K | $62K | — | — | $43K | $788K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hau Cheong Chau (director); Tak Man Chau (director); Tak Yan Chau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hau-Cheong Chau Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801749680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.