Quadra Island Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Heriot Bay, British Columbia · BN 717284079RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($151,908) as filed with the CRA.
Quadra Island Foundation is a public foundation based in Heriot Bay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $172K in revenue and $152K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $139K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $115K in 2024, the largest being $54K to Quadra Circle Community Connections Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $38K in 2021 to $172K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Continued work with the university of victoria to develop a vital signs social data collection project; organized and hosted several community events to gather information. Delivered funding for 2nd annual neighbourhood small grants programs. Board development strategic planning community engagement
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $172K | $152K | $34K | — | $115K | $86K |
| 2023 | $150K | $110K | $15K | $770 | $91K | $78K |
| 2022 | $3,483 | $962 | — | — | — | $25K |
| 2021 | $38K | $17K | — | — | $11K | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $115K to 4 qualified donees:
- Quadra Circle Community Connections Society$54K
- Quadra Island Seniors Housing Society$31K
- Quadra Island Recreation Society$15K
- Quadra Island Climate Action Society$14K
Received $139K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$11K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jody Rodgers (chair); Mitsuno Hirano (director); Catherine Sutton (treasurer); Karen Sveinunggaard (director); Marc Doll (vice chair); Kate Holmes (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quadra Island Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 717284079RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.