Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 893063768RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,409,992) as filed with the CRA.
Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $270K to Vancouver Police Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $3M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 25 qualified donees:
- Vancouver Police Foundation$270K
- Junior Achievement of British Columbia$160K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$150K
- Rugby Canada$150K
- Myriad Canada Foundation$100K
- Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland$80K
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$60K
- ST. George's School Foundation$50K
- Manning Foundation for Democratic Education$50K
- The Fraser Institute$50K
- Beedie Luminaries Foundation$50K
- Madrona School Society$27K
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$25K
- SecondStreet.org$25K
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$25K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$20K
- Child Advocacy Centre of Kelowna Society$20K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$15K
- Cause We Care Foundation$15K
- The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association$15K
- Forum For Women Entrepreneurs In British Columbia$10K
- Bill Reid Foundation$10K
- Beedie Foundation$10K
- Special Olympics British Columbia Society$5,000
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$2,502
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Brown (director); Joanne Brown (director); James Brown (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893063768RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.