ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119257939RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,236,551) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $74.1M in revenue and $50.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 6% from government, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 117 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38.4M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $38.2M in 2024, the largest being $28.4M to Providence Health CARE Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the Foundation is to fund facilitate promote and carry out activities which are consistent with the objectives of the Providence Health Care Society and the Providence Living. The Foundation aims to improve the efficiency of research equipment education and quality of life programs in relation to the patient and resident care in the facilities owned or operated by either the Providence Health Care Society or Providence Living by prudently managing assets held on their behalf.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74.1M | $50.2M | $224K | $5.1M | $38.2M | $319.6M |
| 2023 | $107.8M | $42.3M | $196K | $5.5M | $29.4M | $287.4M |
| 2022 | $70.3M | $38.8M | $145K | $4.3M | $27.2M | $221.9M |
| 2021 | $66.1M | $34.2M | $144K | $4.1M | $26.5M | $190.4M |
| 2020 | $73.2M | $37.9M | $105K | $4.3M | $30.1M | $141.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38.2M to 7 qualified donees:
Received $38.4M from 117 charities:
- The Jim Pattison Foundation$10M
- Diamond Foundation$8M
- The 625 Powell Street Foundation$5.1M
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$2.7M
- Jemini Foundation$2M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.8M
- Vancouver Foundation$1.2M
- Aqueduct Foundation$1.1M
- The Tong and Geraldine Louie Family Foundation$530K
- Y.P. Heung Foundation$485K
- Conconi Family Foundation$363K
- MR. and MRS. P.a. Woodward's Foundation$340K
- Flash Fund Foundation$300K
- The Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation$300K
- Blenheim Foundation$280K
- The Aune Foundation$250K
- Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island$225K
- Chan Better World Foundation$200K
- The Stuart and Susan Bird Family Foundation$200K
- The Tuey Charitable Foundation$200K
- Eldercare Foundation of Vancouver Island$200K
- Scleroderma Association of B.C.$194K
- Jack and Sylvia Gin Foundation$150K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$122K
- The Victoria Foundation$105K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$8.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Berkson (director); Fiona Dalton (director); Darryl Knight (director); Glenn Ives (director chair); Maria Pacella (director); Brad Cruickshank (director); Kevin De Sousa (director); Anita Palepu (director); Norma Sebestyen (director); Chelsea Stoelting (director); Karimah Es Sabar (director); Nicole Coleman (director treasurer); Pao Yao Koo (director); Carla Gregor (director); Harmony Johnson (director); Monica Rye (director); Mark Blandford (director); Anisha Virani (director); Diana Bartolic (director); Sandra Cawley (director); Damon Sas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119257939RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.