TB Vets Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 874161482RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,811,095) as filed with the CRA.
TB Vets Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $619K in 2024, the largest being $81K to VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
A) provides grants to hospitals and first reponders for respiratory equipment in the treatment of respiratory illness in patients of all ages. B) providing diagnostic equipment for respiratory systems to communities across british columbia which aids in the treatment and care of patients suffering from breathing diseases and other respiratory conditions. C) supporting tuberculosis research at the university of british columbia and vancouver general hospital. D) supporting respiratory research for the betterment of patient's health during and after ventilation. E) granting education bursari…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.8M | $262K | $462K | $639K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.9M | $319K | $377K | $808K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $2M | $336K | $372K | $940K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $325K | $373K | $1.1M | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.9M | $278K | $266K | $995K | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $619K to 22 qualified donees:
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$81K
- Surrey Hospitals Foundation$67K
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$40K
- Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation$40K
- Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation$40K
- East Kootenay Foundation for Health$40K
- Thompson Rivers University Foundation$39K
- Squamish Hospital Foundation$30K
- Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and Health Foundation Society$30K
- Sechelt Hospital Foundation Society$25K
- Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation$25K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$23K
- Boreal Healthcare Foundation Inc.$20K
- The Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation$20K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$20K
- Coquitlam Search and Rescue Society$20K
- Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation$14K
- Royal Inland Hospital Foundation$10K
- Pacific Public Health Foundation$10K
- Fraser Valley Health CARE Foundation$9,900
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$8,694
- South Cariboo Health Foundation$7,890
Received $31K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,922
- The Victoria Foundation$6,426
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,793
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,301
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,175
- Muslim Awkaf Foundation of B.C.$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$850
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$831
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$378
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$300
- Abundance Canada$200
- United Way British Columbia$52
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$508K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Coburn (secretary treasurer); Jennifer Kastelein (director); Peter Merola (chair); Patrick Plumridge (director); Diane Thomson (director); Robert Tan (director); Bradley Bostock (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from TB Vets Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874161482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.