Sunshine Coast Foundation
Public foundation · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 896086105RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($657,674) as filed with the CRA.
Sunshine Coast Foundation is a public foundation based in Sechelt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $658K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 6% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $340K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $350K in 2024, the largest being $72K to Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We support charitable endeavours on the sunshine coast by building endowments and making grants to qualified donees within the community. We provide community leadership by facilitating discussions providing information and assisting the in development of new charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $658K | $148K | $35K | $350K | $11.5M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $635K | $120K | $29K | $369K | $10.2M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $543K | $130K | $19K | $321K | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $3M | $664K | $102K | $30K | $470K | $9.6M |
| 2020 | $709K | $452K | $71K | $21K | $323K | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $350K to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society$72K
- Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts$44K
- Sunshine Coast Community Services Society$32K
- Sunshine Coast Hospice Society$18K
- Pender Harbour & District Health Centre Society$14K
- Pender Harbour Food Bank Society$14K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast)$12K
- Sechelt Hospital Foundation Society$10K
- Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society$10K
- Sunshine Coast Marine Rescue Society$10K
- Restorative Justice Program of the Sunshine Coast$10K
- Pender Harbour Reading Centre Society$10K
- The British Columbia Conservation Foundation$10K
- Kidsport Sunshine Coast$8,567
- Society for the Protection of Sargeant's Bay$8,380
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$7,425
- PHA Public Health Association of British Columbia$7,425
- Calvary Baptist Church of Gibsons$7,000
- Blueact Marine Society$5,660
- The Parish of ST Aidan and ST Bartholomew Gibsons$4,617
- Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre Society$4,550
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$4,530
- The Sunshine Coast Arts Council$4,366
- Bursary Society Canadian Federation of University Women$4,350
- Gibsons & District Public Library Association$4,300
Received $340K from 12 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$243K
- Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts$63K
- Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue Association$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$9,858
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Andre and Brock Rowland Foundation$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,878
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,090
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$1,027
- Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre Society$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$364
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$166K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Allan (board chair); Elfriede Hofmann (vice chair); Janice Iverson (director); Chad Price (treasurer); Judy Rother (secretary); Carmen Sombrowski (director); Elizabeth Doucette (director); Milos Pospicil (director); Lisa Stiver (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunshine Coast Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896086105RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.