Soh Lim Poh Paul Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 752030320RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,214) as filed with the CRA.
Soh Lim Poh Paul 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 $17K in revenue and $39K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $37K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Po Lam Buddhist Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Solicit collect accept receive hold reinvest and administer gifts legacies bequests devises funds benefits or trusts and profits or any sort of nature without limitation as to amount or value and to use apply employ expend disburse or donate the income or principal thereof and generally devote the same to any of the objects of the trust
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17K | $39K | $37K | — | $37K | $327K |
| 2023 | $12K | $30K | $28K | — | $28K | $349K |
| 2022 | $14K | $30K | $27K | — | $27K | $367K |
| 2021 | $7,329 | $56K | $27K | — | $27K | $382K |
| 2020 | — | $27K | — | — | $25K | $401K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $37K to 11 qualified donees:
- Po Lam Buddhist Association$12K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$5,000
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$5,000
- Chung Wah Tao Tak Tong (british Columbia) Society$2,000
- The University of British Columbia$1,000
- The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Inc.$1,000
- The International Buddhist Society$650
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$400
- The International Buddhist Society$150
- The Terry Fox Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bee Loon Ong (trustee); Tat Ming Watson Poh (trustee); Lana Quan Yin Poh (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Soh Lim Poh Paul Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 752030320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.