The McLean McCuaig Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119244762RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($473,797) as filed with the CRA.
The McLean McCuaig Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $557K in revenue and $474K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $230K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Jewish Federation of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $557K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Donations provided to registered charities for the purpose of providing education and community services at all levels and encourage charitable organizations especially those oriented towards children who do not receive support from government or any other source of public funds.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $557K | $474K | $213K | — | $230K | $3M |
| 2023 | $295K | $196K | $20K | — | $153K | $3M |
| 2022 | $222K | $138K | $18K | — | $99K | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $114K | $112K | $11K | — | $83K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $108K | $155K | — | — | $135K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230K to 11 qualified donees:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$100K
- The University of British Columbia$55K
- Whistler Institute of Learning Society$25K
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Foundation$20K
- Cag Contemporary Art Gallery Society of British Columbia$10K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$5,250
- Click - Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society$5,000
- City in Focus Foundation$5,000
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$4,000
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$1,000
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$500
Received $17K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda McLean (director); David McLean (director); Jason McLean (director); Sacha McLean (director); Andrea McLean (director); Melanie McLean (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The McLean McCuaig Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119244762RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.