Larkspur Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 829599505RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,248) as filed with the CRA.
Larkspur 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 $220K in revenue and $116K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $107K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Avalon Recovery Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $95K in 2020 to $220K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the Foundation is to support other charitable organizations and initiate projects which contribute to the physical artistic and spiritual well-being of the local and global communities. Ongoing support for Avalon Recovery Society Turning Point Recovery Society Union Gospel Mission Ratanak International The Natures Trust of BC Western Canada Wilderness Committee and SPCA Vancouver Hospital Trust Fund.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $116K | — | — | $107K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $96K | $46K | — | — | $35K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $18K | $56K | — | — | $46K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $94K | $53K | — | — | $67K | $1M |
| 2020 | $95K | $35K | — | — | $23K | $970K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$60,793
- Receipted donations$52,000
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $107K to 25 qualified donees:
- Avalon Recovery Society$60K
- Turning Point Recovery Society$8,000
- Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association$5,000
- BC Amateur Sports Fund$4,000
- SPCA Vancouver Hospital Trust Fund$3,500
- Union Gospel Mission$2,750
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$2,500
- Western Canada Wilderness Committee$2,000
- The Nature Trust of British Columbia$2,000
- Community First Foundation$2,000
- Regional Animal Protection Society$1,500
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$1,500
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Symphony Society$1,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$1,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$1,000
- Ratanak International$1,000
- Project Harvest - Proyecto Cosecha$1,000
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Barnabas Family Ministries Society$1,000
- Imagine 1 Day International Organization$1,000
- First Pacific Theatre Society$1,000
- BC Women's Health Foundation$1,000
- Keats Camps$500
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helen Burnham (director); Karen Wyder (vice-president); Kathleen Wyder (treasurer); Janice Wyder (secretary); John Wyder (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Larkspur Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829599505RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.