Lift the Children
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 805690690RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($499,970) as filed with the CRA.
Lift the Children is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $461K in revenue and $500K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $263K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $228K in 2020 to $461K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Support the world's most destitute children in orphanges and provide the basic necessities they need to develop grow and become self-sufficient in a family environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $461K | $500K | $430K | — | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $430K | $363K | $363K | — | — | $112K |
| 2022 | $421K | $399K | $340K | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $370K | $317K | $281K | — | — | $35K |
| 2020 | $228K | $279K | $253K | — | $0 | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $263K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Volken (director); Chawna Volken (director); Carson Brown (director); Jennifer Brown (director); Seth Keeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lift the Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805690690RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.