Tamara Foundation
Private foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891201741RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($535,660) as filed with the CRA.
Tamara Foundation is a private foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $596K in revenue and $536K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $507K in 2024, the largest being $95K to Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $596K | $536K | — | — | $497K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $575K | $472K | — | — | $429K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $862K | $566K | — | — | $532K | $973K |
| 2021 | $609K | $773K | — | $941 | $721K | $677K |
| 2020 | $799K | $627K | — | $5,576 | $591K | $837K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $507K to 20 qualified donees:
- Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver$95K
- Sanctuary Mental Health Society$50K
- Signal Hill Life Education Society$45K
- Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada$35K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$25K
- The Cardus Institute$25K
- Himalayan Life Canada$25K
- Karis Support Society$20K
- Inner Hope Youth Ministries Society$20K
- Young Life of Canada$20K
- Shelter Movers$20K
- Union Gospel Mission$20K
- Eya Environmental Youth Alliance Society$20K
- Care for Women Foundation$20K
- Cameras For Girls$19K
- Raphael Family Support Foundation$15K
- MULTIPLY Network$15K
- Regent College Foundation of Canada$13K
- Shelter Canada$5,000
- Daybreak Point Bible Camp Society$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Dumerton (director); Lynn Dumerton (director); Robert Pasman (director); Robert Dumerton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tamara Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891201741RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.