The Aune Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 719641888RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,575,997) as filed with the CRA.
The Aune Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $500K to Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Donations to schools universities youth programs and hospital foundations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $4.6M | — | — | $2.6M | $43.7M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.3M | $45.3M |
| 2022 | $6.9M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.6M | $46.6M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.2M | $42.8M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $43.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$4,416,517
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 $2.6M to 17 qualified donees:
- Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation$500K
- Golf Canada Foundation$356K
- 11:11 Charitable Foundation$300K
- University of British Columbia$275K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$250K
- Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre$233K
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$215K
- Lay-Up Youth Basketball$200K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$100K
- Concussion Legacy Foundation (Canada) Inc.$25K
- The Vancouver Out on Screen Film and Video Society$20K
- Alzheimer Society of B.C.$20K
- The Cedars Cancer Foundation at the McGill University Health Centre$20K
- Weredale Foundation$15K
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$15K
- Stand Up for Student Well-Being$10K
- Maison Emmanuel Foundation$10K
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Aune (trustee); Trevor Aune (trustee); Kevin Cooper (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Aune Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 719641888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.