The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 849309935RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($275,611) as filed with the CRA.
The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $817K in revenue and $276K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $321K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% 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 37 qualified donees totalling $273K in 2024, the largest being $60K to United Way British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes charitable donations to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $817K | $276K | — | — | $273K | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $7.2M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $329K | — | — | $326K | $7.5M |
| 2021 | $718K | $285K | — | — | $283K | $6.7M |
| 2020 | $570K | $223K | — | — | $220K | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $273K to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way British Columbia$60K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$50K
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$25K
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$18K
- The Kidsafe Project Society$15K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada-Pacific Region$10K
- Vancouver Talmud Torah Association$10K
- Vancouver Hebrew Academy Society$10K
- United Way British Columbia$10K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Police Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$5,000
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$5,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$5,000
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$5,000
- Congregation Schara Tzedeck$3,600
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$2,500
- Hillel BC Society$2,000
- Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance$1,800
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$1,800
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$1,800
- Union Gospel Mission$1,000
- Tikva Housing Society$1,000
- The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia$1,000
- ST. George's School Foundation$1,000
Received $321K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harvey Dales (trustee); Jody Dales (trustee); Rebecca Dales (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849309935RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.