The Jaffer Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 832875645RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($129,687) as filed with the CRA.
The Jaffer 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 $807K in revenue and $130K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $223K in 2023, the largest being $158K to Institute for Rural Education and Development. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $535K in 2020 to $807K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Charitable donations to the following: institute for rural education and development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $807K | $130K | — | — | $114K | $2M |
| 2023 | $140K | $237K | — | — | $223K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $270K | $412K | — | — | $399K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $130K | $343K | — | — | $330K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $535K | $178K | — | — | $171K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$699,020
- Investment income$60,923
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, 2023
Granted $223K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nooralli Jaffer (president); Roshan Jaffer (director); Janmohamed Jeffer (treasurer); Shaneeda Jaffer (secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jaffer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832875645RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.