Kiwanis Vancouver Welfare Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119281830RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($84,593) as filed with the CRA.
Kiwanis Vancouver Welfare Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $100K in revenue and $85K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $8,900 to Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Grants to community and international programs for financially and or physically disabled children. Funding to the vancouver kiwanis music festival ( adjudication for young musicians). Support for low income families. Grants for supplemental camping fees for residential and special needs camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $85K | — | — | $63K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $85K | $78K | $70K | — | $70K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $91K | $85K | $63K | — | $14K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $70K | $111K | $54K | — | $47K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $80K | $69K | $30K | — | $32K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 23 qualified donees:
- Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival$8,900
- SOS Children's Villages Canada / SOS Villages d'enfants Canada$7,000
- ST Paul's Hospital Foundation Inc$2,500
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$2,400
- British Columbia Centre for Ability Association$2,000
- City Reach Care Society - Back to School Blast$2,000
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$1,000
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$625
- British Columbia Girls Choir Society$500
- Aid to the Church in Need$500
- Community First Foundation$500
- Save A Family Plan$500
- Kiwanis Foundation of Canada$500
- BC Cancer Foundation$500
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$500
- L'Arche Canada Foundation$250
- Missionaries of Charity Inc.$250
- Vancouver Police Foundation$200
- Community First Foundation$150
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$150
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$125
- Union Gospel Mission$125
- Covenant House Vancouver$125
Received $68K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Catherwood (director); Robert Grant (director); Robert Mutch (director); Greg Taylor (director); David Olson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kiwanis Vancouver Welfare Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119281830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.