Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 894468396RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,257,065) as filed with the CRA.
Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $461K in 2024, the largest being $153K to Tetra Society of North America. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Disability Foundation supports individuals with disabilities by supporting and promoting programs that foster community engagement. Established through Sam Sullivan's initiative the Foundation aims to achieve this main goal by backing the efforts of various affiliated non-profit groups. In 2024 the Foundation continued its work with the Vancouver Disability Solutions Network (VDSN) planning its next forum for the first half of 2025. The goal of this program is to connect organizations working for people with disabilities to share information and resources and to create a framework that…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $408K | $151K | $461K | $956K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $448K | $126K | $349K | $1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $492K | $184K | $467K | $451K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $566K | $205K | $357K | $670K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $431K | $153K | $236K | $641K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $461K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $65K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$561K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Dodds (secretary-treasurer); Keiko Honda (director); Sam Sullivan (honorary member); Mary Jo Fetterly (chair); Sandra Pronteau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894468396RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.