Rooke Foundation
Private foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 779691302RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,636,810) as filed with the CRA.
Rooke Foundation is a private foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $987K in 2024, the largest being $188K to Pacific Coast Children's Mission. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $690K in 2022 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Private foundation to gift funds to qualified donees that will advance education help to alleviate poverty and benefit the community as a whole in ways that the law regards as charitable and to relieve poverty and advance education in developing countries by providing food shelter water schooling and other basic needs to children and individuals in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $987K | $531K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3M | — | — | $1.1M | $519K |
| 2022 | $690K | $607K | — | — | $125K | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $987K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Pacific Coast Children's Mission$188K
- Prairie Bible Institute$177K
- One Life One Chance Ministries$133K
- International Needs Canada$91K
- Hope Mission$65K
- Ruth & Naomi's Mission$60K
- The Yarrow Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$58K
- FH Canada$38K
- New Testament Baptist Church of Abbotsford$28K
- The Great Commission Foundation (rescue Cambidia)$28K
- Christian Life Assembly$22K
- INASMUCH Community Society$18K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$10K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$9,000
- ShareWord Global Canada$7,332
- Cyrus Centre Ministries$6,000
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$5,000
- Nation to Nation Aid and Enrichment Society$5,000
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$3,525
- The Peoples Gospel Hour Inc.$3,102
- MSC Canada$3,102
- Sim Canada$3,102
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$2,820
- Thru the Bible Canada$2,397
- Operation Mobilization Canada$2,397
Received $24K from 1 charity:
- WCPD Foundation$24K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Rooke (director); Ken Rooke (director); Lachlan Whatley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rooke Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 779691302RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.