John C. Kerr Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 859440638RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($136,752) as filed with the CRA.
John C. Kerr Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $83K in revenue and $137K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $134K in 2024, the largest being $30K to British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $49K in 2020 to $83K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83K | $137K | — | — | $134K | $230K |
| 2023 | $983K | $962K | — | — | $958K | $284K |
| 2022 | $11K | $171K | — | — | $167K | $263K |
| 2021 | $31K | $274K | — | — | $269K | $423K |
| 2020 | $49K | $434K | — | — | $428K | $666K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $134K to 16 qualified donees:
- British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum$30K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$25K
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$25K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$10K
- Capella Regalis Choirs Society$10K
- Vancouver Recital Society$8,000
- The University of British Columbia$5,000
- Saint James Music Academy$5,000
- Royal Inland Hospital Foundation$5,000
- West Coast Railway Association$4,371
- Covenant House Vancouver$2,500
- Take a Hike Foundation$1,000
- City in Focus Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Men's Health Foundation$1,000
- Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada$1,000
- Movember Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Kerr (trustee); Judith Kerr (trustee); Peter Lewis (trustee); Peter Stanley (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John C. Kerr Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859440638RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.