The Crystal Gala Foundation
Public foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 852864479RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($896,270) as filed with the CRA.
The Crystal Gala Foundation is a public foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $720K in revenue and $896K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $670K in 2024, the largest being $620K to Fraser Valley Health CARE Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $207K in 2020 to $720K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation organized a dinner-dance gala that included auctions and various games to raise money to be given to the fraser valley health care foundation and to find future donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $720K | $896K | — | $199K | $670K | $461K |
| 2023 | $647K | $748K | — | $214K | $486K | $637K |
| 2022 | $716K | $259K | — | $168K | $50K | $739K |
| 2021 | $137K | $197K | — | $11K | $180K | $282K |
| 2020 | $207K | $192K | — | $9,713 | $176K | $342K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $670K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $19K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Bubra (treasurer); Gerri Charles (president); Julie Charles (director); Tanya Curtis (director); Jessica Germaine (director); Aman Gill (secretary); Brittany Manulak (director); Katt Stearns (director); Chalie Howes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Crystal Gala Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852864479RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.