LRJ Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 793530072RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($230,635) as filed with the CRA.
LRJ Charitable 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 $465K in revenue and $231K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% 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 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $228K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Junior Achievement of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $270K in 2020 to $465K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation’s purpose is to make donations from time to time to qualified donnees. During the 2024 fiscal year lrj charitable foundation donated to various other charitable foundations for which t1236 is enclosed.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $465K | $231K | — | — | $228K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $297K | $230K | — | — | $229K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $48K | $215K | — | — | $213K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $303K | — | — | $303K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $270K | $220K | — | — | $220K | $68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $228K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Junior Achievement of British Columbia$25K
- B.C. Social Venture Partners Foundation$25K
- Union Gospel Mission$20K
- A.s.t.c. Science World Society$17K
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$10K
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$10K
- D.s.r.f. Down Syndrome Resource Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$10K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$10K
- Majengo Canada$10K
- Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver$7,500
- Cause We Care Foundation$7,500
- Covenant House Vancouver$6,000
- The Writers' Exchange Society$5,600
- Cause We Care Foundation$5,000
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$5,000
- The Children's Family House Society of B.C.$5,000
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$5,000
- Canadian FAIT (Food Allergy Immunotherapy) Foundation$2,500
- Fraser Institute$2,500
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$2,500
- BC Amateur Sport Fund$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John M. Murphy (president); Leslie D. Lee (director); Robert F. Murphy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from LRJ Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 793530072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.