Relling Family Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 833175011RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($103,517) as filed with the CRA.
Relling 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 $224K in revenue and $104K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Myriad Canada Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the foundation is to receive gifts bequests funds and propertym and to hold invest administer and distribute funds and property to such other organizations as are 'qualified donees' under the provision of the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $224K | $104K | — | — | $39K | $985K |
| 2023 | $94K | $100K | — | — | $44K | $898K |
| 2022 | $271K | $116K | — | — | $53K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $284K | $82K | — | — | $18K | $855K |
| 2020 | $164K | $64K | — | — | $3,000 | $584K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39K to 12 qualified donees:
- Myriad Canada Foundation$10K
- Family Services of the North Shore Foundation$10K
- Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society$10K
- Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- The Elks Recreation Children's Camp Society of British Columbia$1,000
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$515
- Cythera Transition House Society$500
- Dixon Transition Society$500
- Covenant House Vancouver$500
- The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - British Columbia Chapter$500
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$500
- Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Relling (chair); Sara Relling (secretary); Charlotte Higgingbotham (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Relling Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833175011RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.