Quesnel Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 843530577RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,150) as filed with the CRA.
Quesnel Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $46K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Canuck Place Children's Hospice. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $228K in 2020 to $88K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The quesnel foundation (the 'foundation') was created on august 12 2013 to embody the philanthropical spirit of the shumka family. The purpose of the foundation is to provide funding for qualified donees with charitable purposes in the fields of education health relief of poverty amateur athletics and social and community welfare including the arts. The foundation accepts and receives grants donations and other funds as may be deemed appropriate for use in carrying out the object of the foundation's trust agreement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $46K | — | — | $43K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $120K | $47K | — | — | $44K | $1M |
| 2022 | $113K | $47K | — | — | $45K | $967K |
| 2021 | $341K | $35K | — | — | $32K | $902K |
| 2020 | $228K | $148K | — | — | $145K | $595K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $43K to 10 qualified donees:
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$7,000
- Vancouver Moving Theatre Society$6,000
- Vancouver Recital Society$5,000
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Little Flower Academy Foundation$5,000
- Cause We Care Foundation$4,500
- The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association$4,000
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$3,500
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$2,000
- Canadian FAIT (Food Allergy Immunotherapy) Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Shumka (trustee); Catherine Shumka (trustee); Jillian Brumwell (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quesnel Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843530577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.