Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation
Public foundation · Prince George, British Columbia · BN 137869897RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,703,618) as filed with the CRA.
Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation is a public foundation based in Prince George, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $605K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Northern Health Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024.
In its own words
To grant or transfer funds to Northern Health Authority in support of the University Hospital of Northern BC Prince George and other healthcare institutions and facilities in the Northern Health Region. To assist with the purchase of capital equipment and major renovations and fundraising endeavours. To support educational programs that enhance the delivery of healthcare in the region for the people of Northern BC.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $3.7M | $600K | $767K | $2M | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $2.4M | $500K | $609K | $1M | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.1M | $423K | $604K | $938K | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2M | $523K | $169K | $1.1M | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $530K | $612K | $978K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 15 qualified donees:
- Northern Health Authority$1.7M
- BC Cancer Foundation$235K
- Canadian Cancer Society$55K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 57 (Prince George)$9,000
- The Prince George Community Foundation$8,100
- Auxiliary to University Hospital of Northern British Columbia Society$4,830
- Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society$4,500
- The Prince George Hospice Palliative CARE Society$2,350
- Prince George Brain Injured Group Society$1,800
- Crisis Prevention Intervention and Information Centre for Northern BC$1,300
- Prince George Humane Society$1,000
- Prince George and District Elizabeth Fry Society$1,000
- Queen Charlotte Youth Education Society$1,000
- University of Northern British Columbia$1,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern BC Society$650
Received $605K from 19 charities:
- Commonage Legacy Foundation$150K
- Canadahelps Canadon$94K
- Canadahelps Canadon$94K
- The Prince George Community Foundation$90K
- RBC Foundation$59K
- Vancity Community Foundation$45K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Prince George Firefighters Charitable Society$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,750
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$8,500
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$6,000
- Ledcor Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- The London Drugs Foundation$1,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$250
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$214
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$180
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$515K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137869897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.