The Chin-Wei Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890731011RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,483,674) as filed with the CRA.
The Chin-Wei Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $8.3M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% 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 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.1M in 2024, the largest being $2.1M to CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.5M in 2020 to $8.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Promoting the welfare and care of the poor or necessitous persons
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.1M | $52.1M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.5M | $46.3M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.5M | $42.3M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $2.7M | — | — | $1.5M | $40.8M |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1M | $37M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.1M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Yun-Wei Shaw (president and director); Theresa Shiao-Wen Shaw (director); Marion Man (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chin-Wei Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890731011RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.