The Houssian Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 865513618RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,086,361) as filed with the CRA.
The Houssian 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 $2.9M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 51 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $758K to Equality Fund Fonds Égalité. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $9.8M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides grants to qualified donees to assist them in with their charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $4.1M | — | — | $3.2M | $60.5M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $3.7M | — | — | $3M | $58.4M |
| 2022 | $979K | $4.8M | — | — | $3.8M | $54.5M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2M | — | — | $1.4M | $65.9M |
| 2020 | $9.8M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.3M | $58.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 51 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Equality Fund Fonds Égalité$758K
- Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation$550K
- Rise Women's Legal Centre$125K
- Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights$125K
- Wish Drop-In Centre Society$110K
- Charities Aid Foundation Canada$107K
- Oxfam Canada$100K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$100K
- Wildsight$80K
- Simon Fraser University$75K
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development$75K
- Family Services of the North Shore$75K
- Squamish Helping Hands Society$60K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$60K
- Environment Funders Canada$55K
- Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland$51K
- The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association$51K
- Mvzeif$50K
- YWCA British Columbia$50K
- Options for Sexual Health$50K
- Neighbours United for Nature Society$50K
- The David Suzuki Foundation$50K
- Small Change Fund$45K
- Saint James Music Academy$40K
- Justice for Girls Outreach Society$40K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$416K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Houssian (director); Joseph Houssian (director); Joseph Houssian (director); James Houssian (director); Jessica Houssian (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Houssian Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865513618RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.