James Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846574101RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,206,125) as filed with the CRA.
James Family 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 $10.2M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $7.1M in 2024, the largest being $2.5M to Victoria Hospitals Foundation.
In its own words
The foundation primarily makes grants to organizations that are 'qualified donees' as defined by the income tax act (canada) (the 'act') in two areas: programs for adults with learning disabilities and literacy programs for children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.2M | $7.2M | $127K | — | $7.1M | $52.1M |
| 2023 | $9.9M | $3M | $131K | — | $2.9M | $49.1M |
| 2022 | $7.7M | $2.2M | — | — | $2M | $42.2M |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $3M | — | — | $2.6M | $36.7M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $3M | — | — | $2.9M | $32.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.1M to 17 qualified donees:
- Victoria Hospitals Foundation$2.5M
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$1.7M
- Our Place Society$1.1M
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$1M
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$293K
- African Children's Book Box Society$240K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$100K
- Centre for Add/adhd Awareness Canada$52K
- Majengo Canada$38K
- Alpine Canada$25K
- Royal Commonwealth Society Vancouver Island$20K
- The Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation$20K
- Peace Portal Alliance Church of the Christian & Missionary Alliance CDN Pacific District$10K
- Friends for Zambia Society$1,800
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$1,000
- International Fund for Animal Welfare$1,000
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from James Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846574101RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.