R & J Stern Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 829685312RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($604,289) as filed with the CRA.
R & J Stern Family 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 $2.1M in revenue and $604K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 106% 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 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 38 qualified donees totalling $603K in 2024, the largest being $211K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $461K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We exclusively make grants to qualified donees such as organizations that support arts and music programs education programs health and science programs and religious/community services programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $604K | — | — | $603K | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $1M | $749K | — | — | $748K | $844K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $614K | — | — | $614K | $567K |
| 2020 | $461K | $719K | — | — | $718K | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$2,267,266
- Investment income$146,587
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 $603K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$211K
- United Way of Lower Mainland$110K
- Vancouver Symphony Society$70K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$18K
- YWCA British Columbia$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- Saint James Music Academy$10K
- City Opera of Vancouver Society$10K
- Canada West Foundation$10K
- Arts Umbrella Association$10K
- Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society$7,500
- Temple Sholom$6,350
- Vancouver Recital Society$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Academy of Music$5,000
- The University of British Columbia$5,000
- BC Women's Health Foundation$5,000
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$5,000
- National Media Awards Foundation$3,000
- Hillel BC Society$3,000
- VDC Dance Centre Society$2,500
- Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland$2,500
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Stern (director/co-chair); Janet Stern (director/co-chair); Neil De Gelder (director/secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from R & J Stern Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829685312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.