Minerva Foundation for BC Women
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 867490021RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,077,215) as filed with the CRA.
Minerva Foundation for BC Women is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $237K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Darkspark Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $739K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Rise and shine program - provides participants with the opportunity to develop key mental and emotional wellness skills through interactive workshops ( youth program ); closing the gender pay gap project - a 33-month systematic change project where minerva will address inequitable compensation systems in small and medium size organizations by engaging a minimum of 110 organizations in a cohort-based learning model.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $900K | — | $22K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $710K | — | $266K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $979K | — | $13K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $975K | $897K | $753K | — | $22K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $739K | $684K | $449K | — | $25K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 7 qualified donees:
- Darkspark Foundation$5,000
- Camosun College$5,000
- The Karina LeBlanc Foundation$2,500
- Vantage Point Strategies Society$2,500
- Thompson Rivers University$2,500
- University of Northern British Columbia$2,500
- Odihi$1,500
Received $237K from 15 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$80K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$32K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$26K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- The Victoria Foundation$10K
- Novak Family Foundation$2,500
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,000
- Beedie Luminaries Foundation$1,500
- United Way British Columbia$984
- Canadahelps Canadon$700
- United Way of Calgary and Area$166
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$459K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aleya Karim (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Minerva Foundation for BC Women’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867490021RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.