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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Receipted donations$1,460,125
- Investment income$77,327
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.