Our Place Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 717640924RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($293,479) as filed with the CRA.
Our Place Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $293K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $981K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $286K in 2024, the largest being $286K to Our Place Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $718K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The mission of the foundation is to support the operations of our place society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $293K | — | — | $286K | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $1M | $357K | $350K | — | $350K | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $507K | $500K | — | $500K | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $106K | $99K | — | $99K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $718K | $906K | $900K | — | $900K | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $286K to 1 qualified donee:
- Our Place Society$286K
Received $981K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lauree Austin (secretary); Robyn Gifford (director); Greg Conner (director); Margo Goodhand (chair); Cairine Macdonald (director); Scott McGregor (director); Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland (director); Allan Saunders (past chair); Chad Stewart (director); Patricia Walker (treasurer); Trevor Murphy (director); Mano Sanhu (director); Catherine Brower-Read (director); Charla Huber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Our Place Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 717640924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.