SpencerCreo Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 852846203RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,668,023) as filed with the CRA.
SpencerCreo 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 $856K in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 27 qualified donees totalling $531K in 2024, the largest being $124K to Family Services of Greater Vancouver. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $856K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation grants to qualified donees in its field of interest and it currently receiving funding from vancouver coastal health to provide wrap around support services in vancouver's downtown east side.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $856K | $1.7M | $737K | — | $531K | -$784K |
| 2023 | $886K | $1.6M | $727K | — | $577K | $28K |
| 2022 | $919K | $1.1M | $556K | — | $320K | $697K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $552K | — | $383K | $831K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $502K | — | $717K | $557K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $531K to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Family Services of Greater Vancouver$124K
- Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society$50K
- Neil Squire Society$50K
- Mom to Mom Child Poverty Initiative Society$50K
- Cultivate Canada Society$50K
- The University of British Columbia$35K
- Simon Fraser University$30K
- A.s.t.c. Science World Society$25K
- The Zero Ceiling Society of Canada$25K
- West Side Family Place Society$15K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- Athletics for Kids Financial Assistance (b.c.) Society$10K
- B.C. Marine Trails Network Association$10K
- Covenant House Vancouver$9,192
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$8,750
- Dudes Club Society$6,000
- Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society$6,000
- For the Homies Downtown Eastside Pet Support$6,000
- Seva Canada Society$5,000
- A Better Life Foundation$5,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 37 (Delta)$4,000
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$4,000
- The Britannia Community Services Centre Society$2,000
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$500
- Canadian Cancer Society$500
Received $200K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$597K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judith Gale (director); Daryl Spencer (director); Wylie Spencer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SpencerCreo Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852846203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.