The Maria-Helena Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892502725RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($80,455) as filed with the CRA.
The Maria-Helena Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $82K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $307.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $37K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Indus Development Foundation.
In its own words
We offer science scholarships to girls in high schools and colleges we provide medical and food aid to poor
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $82K | $80K | $77K | — | $37K | $4,096 |
| 2022 | $83K | $47K | $45K | — | $43K | $38K |
| 2021 | $91K | $88K | $85K | — | $75K | $4,428 |
| 2020 | $88K | $99K | $50K | — | $44K | $1,162 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Receipted donations$81,635
- Other income$461
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, 2024
Granted $37K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $307 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Maria-Helena Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892502725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.