Kw'umut Lelum Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 709816276RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($952,975) as filed with the CRA.
Kw'umut Lelum Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $953K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 91% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $704K.
Compared with 1,386 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
(1) providing funding to first nations that have obtained qualified donee status; and (2) providing scholarships bursaries and/or grants to first nations students/persons in furtherance of (a) promoting education of first nations students and (b) promoting the health and wellness of first nations persons.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.5M | $953K | $165K | — | $428K | $893K |
| 2022 | $333K | $135K | — | — | — | $342K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $704K from 13 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$311K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$150K
- Vancouver Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- The Lecky Foundation$20K
- Nanaimo Community Foundation$15K
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,370
- The Nanaimo & District Museum Society$1,954
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$750
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$559
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$236K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
William Yoachim (director); John Elliott (chair); Ralph Nilson (director); Mary-Ellen Turpel Lafond (director); Louise Mandell (director); Pamela Anderson (director); Brent Edwards (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kw'umut Lelum Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 709816276RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.