The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 783841901RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($894,751) as filed with the CRA.
The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $383K in revenue and $895K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 184 qualified donees totalling $857K in 2024, the largest being $150K to United Way British Columbia. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8.1M in 2022 to $383K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The canfor good things come from trees foundation supports community investments and scholarships that are aligned with the priority giving areas of education heatlh sustainability and community supports opportunities that are of significant importance to the community and that benefit the greatest number of people and are significant to the long-term interests of the community as well as undertake the activities required to identify and process gifts and scholarships that are authorized for charitable organizations under the provisions of the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $383K | $895K | — | — | $883K | $0 |
| 2023 | $393K | $608K | — | — | $608K | $0 |
| 2022 | $8.1M | $7,500 | — | — | $7,500 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $857K to 184 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way British Columbia$150K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$100K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$35K
- Capliano University Foundation$30K
- The University of British Columbia$25K
- University of Northern British Columbia$20K
- Fraser-Fort George Museum Society$20K
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$20K
- Ching Tien Foundation for Women$20K
- United Way Alberta Northwest Society$15K
- New Relationship Trust Foundation$13K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- Skills Canada Alberta Association$10K
- Lheidli T'Enneh Band$10K
- Ktunaxa Nation Council Society$10K
- Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation$10K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$10K
- Plunge for the Cure Foundation$10K
- The University of British Columbia$10K
- Houston Community Services Association$10K
- The University of British Columbia$8,500
- Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation$8,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$7,000
- Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley$6,600
- The Earth Rangers Foundation$6,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Elliott (director); Kathryn Player (president); Stephen Mackie (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 783841901RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.