Makeway Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 868947797RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,975,229) as filed with the CRA.
Makeway Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $34.8M in revenue and $38M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.6M.
Compared with 34 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 92 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 372 qualified donees totalling $22.5M in 2024, the largest being $2.2M to The Veritas Foundation/La Fondation Veritas. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18.9M in 2020 to $34.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
MakeWay Foundation's purpose is to build partnerships and solutions that help nature and communities thrive together. The Foundation supports convenes or funds hundreds of qualified donees every year from neighbourhood social programs to national conservation efforts. Grant making areas include: healthy land and waters; bold inclusive leadership for healing and justice; indigenous authority language and cultural resurgence; shared wealth and economic wellbeing; transformed and Indigenous food systems; fair earth living and climate action.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34.8M | $38M | $3.1M | $417K | $28.8M | $91.1M |
| 2023 | $45.2M | $26.6M | $2.1M | $223K | $19.3M | $92.2M |
| 2022 | $46.2M | $17.6M | $972K | $186K | $12.9M | $75.2M |
| 2021 | $19.2M | $19.8M | $775K | $110K | $15.4M | $51.2M |
| 2020 | $18.9M | $20.5M | $1M | $162K | $16.1M | $46M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22.5M to 372 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Veritas Foundation/La Fondation Veritas$2.2M
- Mother Tree Network Society$1.6M
- Gitanyow Huwilp Society$941K
- Institute for New Economics Public Interest Research Association Inc.$812K
- Nuxalk Nation$453K
- Taku River Tlingit First Nation$430K
- The University of British Columbia$380K
- Mushkegowuk Council$360K
- Kitasoo First Nation$348K
- The T'Akhu A Tlen Conservancy$300K
- Office of the Wet'suwet'en$273K
- NAN Charitable Trust$250K
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Society$232K
- Ucwalmicw Centre Society$230K
- Deninu K'ue First Nation$220K
- Manitoba Food Charter Inc.$212K
- The Dena Kayeh Institute$209K
- Wuikinuxv Nation$200K
- Wigwamen Incorporated$200K
- The Circle on Philanthropy$200K
- Student Energy$200K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$194K
- Gitga'at First Nation$165K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$165K
- Inuvialuit Charitable Foundation$165K
Received $5.6M from 39 charities:
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$1.9M
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$883K
- The Northpine Foundation$500K
- The Harbinger Foundation$475K
- Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security$275K
- Vancouver Foundation$200K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$160K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$146K
- Makeway Charitable Society$126K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$100K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$80K
- Arrell Family Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$61K
- Oceans North Conservation Society$60K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$57K
- The Sitka Foundation$52K
- Balsam Foundation$40K
- The Illahie Foundation$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- The Schad Foundation$25K
- CJ Foundation$15K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$12K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions92
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erica Barbosa (director); Aerin Jacob (secretary); Denise Williams (chair); Leslie Campbell (director); Caroline Merner (director); Raisa Mirza (director); Biboye Agabana (director); Barend Van der Vorm (director); Cathy Galligos (director); MJ Sinha (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Makeway Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868947797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.