The Langara Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 894481423RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($772,982) as filed with the CRA.
The Langara 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 $2.2M in revenue and $773K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2023, the largest being $1.3M to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donations to other organizations that are qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $773K | — | — | $700K | $24.1M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $22.6M |
| 2022 | $331K | $960K | — | — | $898K | $21.8M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $22.5M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $21.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $1.8M to 15 qualified donees:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$1.3M
- Rise Women's Legal Centre$125K
- Lookout Foundation$100K
- Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation$100K
- Hillel BC Society$43K
- Canada Charity Partners$25K
- Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver$25K
- Habonim Zionist Society-Charitable Trust Operating Camp Miriam$25K
- Temple Sholom$21K
- Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation$18K
- Maimonides School Society$10K
- Saint James Music Academy$10K
- Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver$10K
- Vancouver Jewish Film Centre Society$4,000
- Whistler Community Services Society$2,500
Received $1.1M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Levine (trustee); Risa Levine (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Langara Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894481423RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.