The Howard Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 858624190RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($199,618) as filed with the CRA.
The Howard 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 $81K in revenue and $200K 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 55% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $190K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Alpha Ministries Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $500K in 2020 to $81K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The howard foundation is a private foundation maintained exclusively for the purpose of contributing to qualified donees (as defined for purposes of the income tax act)in a number areas. Form t1236 provides several examples of the type of organizations supported by the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $200K | — | — | $190K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $158K | $172K | — | — | $172K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $524K | $269K | — | — | $266K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $51K | $287K | — | — | $286K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $500K | $320K | — | — | $315K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$88,560
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $190K to 13 qualified donees:
- Alpha Ministries Canada$75K
- Bard on the Beach Theatre Society$25K
- Ratanak International$25K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)$15K
- Nightshift Street Ministries Society$10K
- Covenant House Vancouver$10K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey)$5,000
- Union Gospel Mission$5,000
- Chor Leoni Choral Society$5,000
- Share Family and Community Services Society$5,000
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$5,000
- Change the World Foundation$3,500
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Howard (trustee); Judy Howard (trustee); Dave Howard (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Howard Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858624190RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.