TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887483741RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($12,533,595) as filed with the CRA.
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $8.2M in revenue and $12.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $327K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 559 qualified donees totalling $10.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Universities Canada Universités Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To make gifts to qualified donees in support of their charitable work addressing social and economic challenges faced by youth in canada by providing health education and technology programs helping youth reach their full potential. To provide post-secondary bursaries to youth who are committed to driving social impact and who are also experiencing financial need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.2M | $12.5M | — | $429K | $10.8M | $126M |
| 2023 | -$3.9M | $12.8M | — | $364K | $11M | $131.7M |
| 2022 | $39.4M | $11.7M | — | $23K | $10.6M | $151M |
| 2021 | $25.6M | $8.8M | — | $5,100 | $8.7M | $127M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $9M | — | — | $8.9M | $111.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.8M to 559 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Universities Canada Universités Canada$1.5M
- Alliance for Healthier Communities$250K
- Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta$150K
- Unhcr$142K
- Universities Canada Universités Canada$122K
- Indspire$112K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$100K
- The Humber College Educational Foundation$100K
- University of Victoria$100K
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology$100K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$75K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$75K
- Anishnabeg Outreach Employment and Training Inc.$75K
- The Earth Rangers Foundation$75K
- EcoSchools Canada$75K
- Rainbow Railroad$68K
- Children First Canada$50K
- The Fort Whyte Foundation Inc.$50K
- Hulitan Family and Community Services Society$50K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$45K
- Rainbow Railroad$42K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$42K
- Universities Canada Universités Canada$28K
- First Assist$26K
- Penny Appeal Canada$25K
Received $327K from 10 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Kielburger (secretary/treasurer); Fiona Entwistle (director); Jill Schnarr (director); Hilen Wong (director); Ashif Mawji (chair); Bobbie-Joe Racette (director); Martin Belanger (director); Manjit Minhas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from TELUS Friendly Future Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887483741RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.