The Helpalittle Foundation
Private foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 824811665RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,537) as filed with the CRA.
The Helpalittle Foundation is a private foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $26K in revenue and $35K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation funds and promotes the relief of poverty the advancement of religion the advancement of education the advancement of other charitable purposes which benefit the community as a whole by funding of other organizations that are qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26K | $35K | — | — | $26K | $339K |
| 2023 | $47K | $27K | — | — | $13K | $347K |
| 2022 | $30K | $29K | — | — | $19K | $328K |
| 2021 | $20K | $28K | — | — | $17K | $327K |
| 2020 | $22K | $26K | — | — | $16K | $335K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 10 qualified donees:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- North Shore Women's Centre Society$3,000
- West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation$3,000
- The University of British Columbia$2,500
- Empower Through Music Society$2,500
- North Shore Crisis Services Society$2,500
- Alano Club of the North Shore$2,500
- Kay Meek Arts Society$2,000
- Athletics for Kids Financial Assistance (b.c.) Society$1,500
- Avalon Recovery Society$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Shindler (director); Robert Rusko (director); Caroline Purchase (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Helpalittle Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824811665RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.