The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 895805919RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($70,060) as filed with the CRA.
The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $99K in revenue and $70K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,880 in 2024, the largest being $3,600 to The University of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2,194 in 2020 to $99K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Scholarships bursaries awards to support education and research in architecture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $70K | — | $28K | $5,880 | $152K |
| 2023 | $83K | $88K | — | $40K | $3,000 | $124K |
| 2022 | $63K | $33K | — | $3,470 | $6,158 | $129K |
| 2021 | $98K | $104K | — | $50K | $3,000 | $99K |
| 2020 | $2,194 | $23K | — | $1,671 | $4,370 | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,880 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $104K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kim Barnsley (secretary); Brando Ciccone (director); Karl Gustavson (chair and treasurer); Scott Kemp (director); Jeff McLellan (director); Walker McKinley (director); Calvin Meiklejohn (director); Michelle Fenton (director); Jesse Martyn (director); Kelsey Wilkinson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895805919RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.