The Jim Pattison Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890952377RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,327,514) as filed with the CRA.
The Jim Pattison Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34M in revenue and $20.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,500.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $19.7M in 2024, the largest being $10M to ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $21.5M in 2020 to $34M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We financial support qualified donees in areas on medical hospital health care christian initiatives and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34M | $20.3M | — | — | $19.7M | $282.6M |
| 2023 | $33.1M | $24.8M | — | — | $24.1M | $246.8M |
| 2022 | $47.6M | $17.7M | — | — | $17M | $218.2M |
| 2021 | $18.2M | $3.5M | — | — | $2.9M | $173.9M |
| 2020 | $21.5M | $30.8M | — | — | $30.1M | $183.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19.7M to 13 qualified donees:
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$10M
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$5M
- Burnaby Hospital and Community Foundation$2.4M
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$1M
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$500K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$300K
- Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and Health Foundation Society$250K
- National Music Centre$235K
- Plunge for the Cure Foundation$25K
- Canucks Autism Network Society$5,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$5,000
- BC Emergency Health Services Foundation$5,000
- The West Vancouver Community Arts Council$3,000
Received $1,500 from 1 charity:
- Crafting for a Cure$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Pattison (director); Maureen Chant (director and treasurer); Cynthia Lambier (director); James Pattison JR (director and president); Clark Hollands (director and chair); Geoffrey Cowper (director); Bradley Miller (director); Carlene Hornby-Allen (director and secretary); Douglas Lambier (director); David Koop (director); Alan Nicholl (director); Frederick Stimpson III (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jim Pattison Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890952377RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.