The Dorean Foundation
Private foundation · North Saanich, British Columbia · BN 862778230RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($171,303) as filed with the CRA.
The Dorean Foundation is a private foundation based in North Saanich, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $43K in revenue and $171K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $103K in 2024, the largest being $54K to MSC Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25K in 2020 to $43K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Dorean's ongoing purpose is to support christian charitable organizations whose purpose is to advance the christian evangelical religion and to undertake such mission's and development work through dorean activity.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43K | $171K | — | — | $164K | $468K |
| 2023 | $22K | $55K | $12K | — | $46K | $596K |
| 2022 | $38K | $40K | $14K | — | $32K | $629K |
| 2021 | $34K | $43K | $13K | — | $21K | $631K |
| 2020 | $25K | $44K | $35K | — | $11K | $641K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $103K to 18 qualified donees:
- MSC Canada$54K
- Saanichton Bible Fellowship$16K
- Chase Evangelical Free Church$8,000
- World Vision$4,682
- Youth for Christ South Island Association$3,900
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$3,250
- Westcoast Baptist Association$2,815
- Victoria Lighthouse Ministry$2,000
- Open Doors Canada$1,900
- Young Life of Canada$1,800
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$1,600
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$1,005
- Sim Canada$900
- The Wellspring Foundation for Education$523
- Sat-7 Canada$500
- Ethnos Canada$103
- Hope and Healing International$100
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Garry Sedun (president); Steven Sakiyama (vice president); Lynette Sedun (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dorean Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862778230RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.