The Harder Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Langley, British Columbia · BN 865993794RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($63,926) as filed with the CRA.
The Harder Foundation is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $121K in revenue and $64K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $48K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Union Gospel Mission. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Assist needy persons by providing funding facilities training and education by expending funds directly or through other charitable organizations. Providing bursaries to needy individuals who wish to pursue an education in scholastic artistic musical technical or other nature.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $121K | $64K | $12K | — | $48K | $485K |
| 2023 | $77K | $83K | $19K | — | $58K | $513K |
| 2022 | $104K | $78K | $16K | — | $55K | $490K |
| 2021 | $53K | $73K | — | — | $46K | $486K |
| 2020 | $139K | $79K | — | — | $64K | $474K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $48K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$6,251
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jane Baker (director); Dennis Baker (director); Irv Harder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Harder Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865993794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.