The Garth Homer Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 894269422RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,523,652) as filed with the CRA.
The Garth Homer Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to The Garth Homer Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $579K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Support for programs for adults with physical and/or mental disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.5M | $172K | $4,527 | $1.3M | $36.2M |
| 2023 | $34.8M | $689K | $173K | $26K | $490K | $35.8M |
| 2022 | $512K | $581K | $175K | — | $406K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $607K | $633K | $146K | $8 | $487K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $579K | $637K | $147K | $42 | $490K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $34K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$40K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Bishop (director); John Davis (director); C. Bruce Homer (board vice chair); Catherine Lord (board chair); J. Christoper Lovelace (director); Kevan Stove (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Garth Homer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894269422RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.