The Barry Lapointe Foundation
Public foundation · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 869795807RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($381,187) as filed with the CRA.
The Barry Lapointe Foundation is a public foundation based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $381K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $326K in 2024, the largest being $260K to Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Donation of funds to loca provincial and national charitable organizations that provide educational cultural social and health related services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $381K | — | — | $326K | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $319K | -$47K | — | — | $31K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $54K | -$7,388 | — | — | $61K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $94K | -$42K | — | — | $21K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $51K | -$44K | — | — | $18K | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $326K to 11 qualified donees:
- Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association$260K
- Kelowna Community Resources Society$25K
- Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation$15K
- British Columbia Aviation Council$10K
- 223 Red Lion Squadron Committee$6,000
- Chamber Music Kelowna Society.$2,500
- YMCA of Southern Interior BC Association$2,000
- Kelowna Gospel Mission Society$2,000
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon$1,735
- Ontario Society for Crippled Children$1,000
- The British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilites$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Bell (director); Alan Budde (director); Meryle Corbett (director); Brent Davies (director); Carmen Loberg (director); Don Turri (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Barry Lapointe Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869795807RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.