Norgaard Foundation
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 892470360RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($602,161) as filed with the CRA.
Norgaard Foundation is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $533K in revenue and $602K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
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 78% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $350K to Community First Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $349K in 2020 to $533K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providing financial assistance for individuals in need in parituclar to the physically and mentally challenged
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $533K | $602K | $57K | — | $528K | $9.9M |
| 2023 | $396K | $349K | $64K | — | $269K | $9.7M |
| 2022 | $465K | $369K | $21K | — | $333K | $9.6M |
| 2021 | $346K | $369K | $10K | — | $343K | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $349K | $308K | $3,760 | — | $290K | $9.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 15 qualified donees:
- Community First Foundation$350K
- Soap for Hope Canada Society$250K
- Island Kids Cancer Association$150K
- Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Society of Greater Victoria$60K
- Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association$50K
- Kidsport Canada$35K
- Soap for Hope Canada Society$30K
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society$30K
- Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society$30K
- Pacific Institute For Sport Excellence Society$25K
- West Coast Reach Association$15K
- Canucks Autism Network Society$15K
- Angel Flight of British Columbia Society$10K
- Victoria Women's Transition House Society$10K
- University of Victoria$8,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Anderson (director); Karen Morgan (president); Laurie Pettinger (director); Arthur Roberts (secretary); Margaret York (director); Bryce Little (director); Shelley Mann (director); John Van Cuylenborg (director); Matt Peulen (director); Hilary Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Norgaard Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892470360RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.