The Catholic Foundation of Vancouver Island
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 129950804RR0031 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($85,347) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Foundation of Vancouver Island is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $301K in revenue and $85K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,060.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $56K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Bishop of Victoria. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $301K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. The capital costs or support of a Roman Catholic school situated within the Diocese. 2. The capital costs or support of a parish situated within the Diocese. 3. The support or maintenance of Diocesan seminarians. 4. The support or maintenance of retired clergy of the Diocese. 5. The establishment development support or maintenance of a ministry faith development and religious education projects within the Diocese. 6. Support and maintenance of missionary work in the Diocese. 7. Assistance of social welfare programs within the Diocese
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $301K | $85K | — | — | $66K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $156K | $65K | — | — | $46K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | -$134K | $63K | — | — | $44K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $203K | $63K | — | — | $41K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $26K | $52K | — | — | $30K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $56K to 6 qualified donees:
- The Bishop of Victoria$15K
- The Bishop of Victoria$10K
- The Mary Esther Society$10K
- The Catholic Independent Schools of the Diocese of Victoria$10K
- L'Arche Comox Valley$8,054
- The Bishop of Victoria$2,500
Received $6,060 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Gordon (trustee); Sheridan Cooper (trustee); Egils Anderson (trustee); Wendy Payne (trustee); Terri-Ann Wynans (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Foundation of Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129950804RR0031), or read how we compute the receipt.