McEwen Family Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 829719988RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($388,458) as filed with the CRA.
McEwen Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $140K in revenue and $388K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $350K in 2024, the largest being $189K to The University of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $59K in 2020 to $140K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purposes of the tust are to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $388K | — | — | $350K | $5M |
| 2023 | $247K | $365K | — | — | $326K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $190K | $433K | — | — | $397K | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $127K | $351K | — | — | $340K | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $59K | $126K | — | — | $117K | $4.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $350K to 9 qualified donees:
- The University of British Columbia$189K
- Beedie Luminaries Foundation$44K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$31K
- John Oliver Secondary$30K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond)$28K
- Reynolds Secondary School$18K
- Eastend Arts Council Inc.$4,069
- BC Amateur Sports Fund$3,150
- Kids Safe Project$2,500
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$26K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James McEwen (trustee); Jenn Alberts (trustee); Jeff McEwen (trustee); Julianne Cottons (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from McEwen Family Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829719988RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.