The Christopher Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891572547RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,044,099) as filed with the CRA.
The Christopher 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 $37.6M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% 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 50 qualified donees totalling $2.9M in 2024, the largest being $1M to Brentwood College Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $37.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the charity is to receive and invest funds for charitable purposes and to make donations to other qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37.6M | $3M | — | — | $2.9M | $109.2M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $74.7M |
| 2022 | $39.1M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.6M | $68.5M |
| 2021 | $14.5M | $969K | — | — | $879K | $32.1M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $698K | — | — | $592K | $18.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.9M to 50 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Brentwood College Association$1M
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$475K
- Milner Gardens and Woodland Society$250K
- Comox Valley Land Trust$200K
- The British Columbia Photography and Media Arts Society$100K
- Arts Umbrella Association$100K
- The Community Arts Council of the Alberni Valley$50K
- VSO School of Music Society$50K
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$50K
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$50K
- Audain Art Museum Foundation$50K
- Arts Umbrella Association$50K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 44 (North Vancouver)$50K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$40K
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Foundation$25K
- Ubc School of Music$25K
- Vancouver Symphony Society$25K
- The Vancouver East Cultural Centre$25K
- Milner Gardens and Woodland Society$25K
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design Trust Fund$25K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$25K
- The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$25K
- Vancouver Heritage Foundation$20K
- Victoria Symphony Society$10K
- Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Feigl (trustee); Robert Gourley (trustee); Grant Weaver (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Christopher Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891572547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.