Squamish Community Foundation
Public foundation · Squamish, British Columbia · BN 882548902RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($414,666) as filed with the CRA.
Squamish Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Squamish, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $424K in revenue and $415K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 8% from government, 76% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $412K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $279K in 2024, the largest being $255K to Vancouver Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $191K in 2020 to $424K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Issuing grants to meet the needs of eligible community donees through income generated from investments and donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $424K | $415K | — | — | $279K | $122K |
| 2023 | $371K | $384K | $42K | $5,600 | $265K | $154K |
| 2022 | $216K | $161K | — | — | $85K | $201K |
| 2021 | $238K | $384K | $174K | $4,893 | $143K | $161K |
| 2020 | $191K | $370K | $548 | $7,667 | $307K | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $279K to 13 qualified donees:
- Vancouver Foundation$255K
- Pearlspace Support Services Society$3,300
- Squamish Helping Hands Society$3,000
- Peernet Association of British Columbia$2,500
- Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Society$2,000
- Tantalus Wellspring Society$2,000
- Squamish Volunteer Centre Society$2,000
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,000
- Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council$1,900
- OurSquamish Placemaking Society$1,500
- Squamish Food Bank Society$1,500
- District of Squamish Municipal Library$1,435
- Filipino Seniors Club of British Columbia$1,000
Received $412K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$47K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzie Soman (chair); Carol Coffey (director); Cameron Sherk (director); Darren Roberts (director); Heather Hall (director); Hasrat Gill (director); Andrea Beaubien (director); Clarie Barnes (director); Wilson Telford (treasurer); Lindsay Bryson (director); Liam Hill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Squamish Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882548902RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.