The Cowell Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 713755890RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($303,864) as filed with the CRA.
The Cowell 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 $1.1M in revenue and $304K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% 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 2 qualified donees totalling $300K in 2024, the largest being $250K to Richmond Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $58K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation's purpose is to gift funds to qualified donees. The foundation was created and received its donation in 2017.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $304K | $3,864 | — | $300K | $17.8M |
| 2023 | $178K | $954K | $4,019 | — | $950K | $16.9M |
| 2022 | $258K | $54K | $3,857 | — | $50K | $17.7M |
| 2021 | $14.8M | $53K | — | — | $50K | $17.5M |
| 2020 | $58K | $752K | — | — | $750K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Cowell (director); Ryan Cowell (director); Katherine Turnbull (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cowell Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 713755890RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.