Sutherland Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119206910RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($463,662) as filed with the CRA.
Sutherland Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $687K in revenue and $464K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 31 qualified donees totalling $400K in 2024, the largest being $50K to BC Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $293K in 2020 to $687K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Donations to charities - see form t1236 for a list of qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $687K | $464K | — | — | $400K | $9M |
| 2023 | $680K | $459K | — | — | $393K | $8.8M |
| 2022 | $505K | $589K | — | — | $525K | $8.5M |
| 2021 | $361K | $364K | — | — | $311K | $8.6M |
| 2020 | $293K | $632K | — | — | $574K | $8.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, April 30, 2024
- Investment income$429,674
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $400K to 31 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- BC Cancer Foundation$50K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$42K
- Hope Air$20K
- Turning Point Recovery Foundation$15K
- The Kettle Friendship Society$15K
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$15K
- Pacifica Treatment Centre Society$15K
- Lookout Foundation$15K
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$15K
- Canadian Rugby Union$15K
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$15K
- Broadmead CARE Society$15K
- British Columbia Guide Dog Services$15K
- Aboutface Craniofacial Family Society$15K
- Covenant House Vancouver$13K
- Saint James Music Academy$10K
- Options Community Services Society$10K
- Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs$10K
- Nexus BC Community Resource Centre Society$10K
- Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$10K
- Vancouver Island Symphony$5,000
- YMCA BC$5,000
- Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre Society$5,000
- North Shore Keep Well Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy McLaren (director/secretary); Robert Sutherland (director); Walter Chernoff (director); Catherine Chernoff (director); Patricia Metcalfe (director/president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sutherland Foundation Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119206910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.