Skills For Hope Foundation
Private foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 823315965RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,522) as filed with the CRA.
Skills For Hope Foundation is a private foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12K in revenue and $68K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $26.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $58K in 2024, the largest being $9,000 to British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $730 in 2020 to $12K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Skills for hope foundation is dedicated to offering post-secondary scholarships skills development programs and educational resources to empower individuals to achieve their academic vocational and employment aspirations fostering community engagement. All the programs focus on developing learners' knowlesge and skills in order to help them achieve their academic vocational and employment goals which enable them to participate positively and constructively in their communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $68K | $3,418 | — | $58K | $208K |
| 2023 | $63K | $65K | $6,064 | — | $50K | $263K |
| 2022 | $284K | $24K | $1,182 | — | $18K | $264K |
| 2021 | $45 | $33K | $1,566 | — | $22K | $4,665 |
| 2020 | $730 | $20K | $6,377 | — | $10K | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $58K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation$9,000
- Simon Fraser University$7,750
- The University of British Columbia$6,000
- Camosun College$4,000
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$2,250
- University of Ottawa$2,000
- University of the Fraser Valley$2,000
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$2,000
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$2,000
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation$2,000
- Capliano University Foundation$2,000
- University of Northern British Columbia$1,500
- University of Windsor$1,250
- York University$1,000
- University of Waterloo$1,000
- University of Victoria$1,000
- The University of Manitoba$1,000
- Trent University$1,000
- Thompson Rivers University$1,000
- University Canada West$1,000
- Sheridan College Foundation$1,000
- Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology$1,000
- McMaster University$1,000
- Langara College$1,000
- Dalhousie University$1,000
Received $26 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,453
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kay Tejani (director); Farah Tejani (director); Sultan Tejani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Skills For Hope Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823315965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.