The Keg Spirit Foundation
Private foundation · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 888264116RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($884,020) as filed with the CRA.
The Keg Spirit Foundation is a private foundation based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $796K in revenue and $884K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $475K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $449K in 2020 to $796K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the Foundation is to receive maintain manage and invest funds for qualified donees that support development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $796K | $884K | $22K | $184K | $475K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0 | $329K | $576K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $831K | $0 | $193K | $466K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $523K | $333K | — | $3 | $194K | $1M |
| 2020 | $449K | $394K | — | $210 | $265K | $814K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $475K to 9 qualified donees:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$150K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$125K
- The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award$50K
- Pinball Foundation$50K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$30K
- Soulpepper Theatre Company$25K
- The Terry Fox Foundation$20K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$20K
- Children's Heart Network of BC Society$5,000
Received $24K from 2 charities:
- The 1949 Foundation$20K
- Proaction Cops & Kids$4,127
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$203K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Aisenstat (president); Nicholas Dean (director); Erin Legge (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Keg Spirit Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888264116RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.