Ridge Meadows Education Foundation
Public foundation · Maple Ridge, British Columbia · BN 856666144RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,842) as filed with the CRA.
Ridge Meadows Education Foundation is a public foundation based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $72K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,489.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $24K to The Board of Education of School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide scholarships to students with School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows). To support literacy fine arts & other school based programs within School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $72K | $48K | — | $24K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | -$39K | $78K | $55K | — | $22K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $78K | $45K | — | $33K | $2M |
| 2021 | $38K | $43K | $43K | — | — | $929K |
| 2020 | $68K | $31K | $29K | — | $1,955 | $768K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,489 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeffrey Cawker (treasurer); Michael Malfesi (director); Bill Elder (director); David Rempel (chair); Cheryl Ashlie (secretary); Ineke Boekhorst (director); Laurence Anderson (director); David Vandergugten (director); Iris Mo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ridge Meadows Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856666144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.