The John Volken Foundation
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 868208893RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,986,838) as filed with the CRA.
The John Volken Foundation is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $28.3M in revenue and $11M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $919.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $2.9M to John Volken Academy Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.3M in 2020 to $28.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provision for funding to the john volken academy society and lift the children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.3M | $11M | $3.4M | — | $3.2M | $143.5M |
| 2023 | $9.3M | $8.5M | $535K | — | $3.9M | $126.2M |
| 2022 | $15.1M | $8.3M | $3M | — | $4.2M | $126.3M |
| 2021 | $12.4M | $8.3M | $1.8M | — | $3.7M | $110M |
| 2020 | $10.3M | $6.1M | $1.8M | — | $1.8M | $106.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 6 qualified donees:
Received $919 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$5,674
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Volken (director); Chawna Volken (director); Carson Brown (director); Jennifer Brown (director); Seth Keeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John Volken Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868208893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.