The Dr. Michael Smith Science Fair Endowment
Public foundation · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 824220792RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($86,941) as filed with the CRA.
The Dr. Michael Smith Science Fair Endowment is a public foundation based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, it reported $117K in revenue and $87K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,733 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $70K in 2023, the largest being $70K to Science Fair Foundation of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44K in 2020 to $117K in 2023.
In its own words
Grant provided to the science fair foundation of bc (sff bc) to (a) contribute to operational costs incurred by sff bc in supporting regional science fairs within the province of bc and yukon territory and (b) provide travel assistance for students attending the canada wide science fair in 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $117K | $87K | — | $245 | $70K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | -$101K | $82K | — | $254 | $65K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $288K | $91K | — | $236 | $75K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $44K | $76K | — | $323 | $60K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $70K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dr. Michael Smith Science Fair Endowment’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824220792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.