The Highbury Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887416089RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,586,399) as filed with the CRA.
The Highbury Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $900K to The University of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the highbury foundaiton is to support encourage promote and foster: (I) the advancement of educaiton; (ii) the advancement of religion; (iii) medical research; (iv) canadian creative arts; and (v) other charitable and philanthropic endeavours by distributing funds to 'qualified donees' as defined in the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.6M | $38.2M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $37.7M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.7M | $35.8M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $32.8M |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.7M | $33M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University of British Columbia$900K
- YMCA BC$500K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$200K
- The City of Edmonton Library Board$150K
- Canadian Coastal Research Society$100K
- ST Paul's Anglican Church$88K
- Young Life of Canada$75K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$50K
- Vancouver Police Foundation$50K
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$42K
- The Monarca Canada Foundation$40K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$36K
- Pilgrims Hospice Society$25K
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$25K
- West Point Grey Academy Foundation$25K
- The Diocese of the Arctic$25K
- Embrace Rwanda International Society$25K
- The Democracy Fund$25K
- Adam's Apples Foundation$20K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$15K
- Kids Kottage Foundation$13K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$13K
- Outreach for Life Association of Edmonton$13K
- Calgary Dream Centre$13K
- Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Allard (president); Judith Allard (treasurer); Dennie Flynn (secretary); Robert King (director); Paul Allard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Highbury Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887416089RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.