The Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119245918RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,448,769) as filed with the CRA.
The Morris and Helen Belkin 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $300K to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to raise funds for the relief of poverty advancement of religion advancement of education and other purposes of a charitable nature beneficial to the community as a whole. During the current fiscal year the foundation has continued to make contributions to qualified donees and met the primary purpose of the foundation as outline above.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $9.7M |
| 2023 | $950K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $683K | $1M | — | — | $1000K | $10.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $862K | — | — | $846K | $10.7M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $4M | — | — | $4M | $9.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 11 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$300K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$300K
- L'Arche Foundation of Greater Vancouver$250K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$245K
- United Way British Columbia$100K
- The University of British Columbia$78K
- The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$50K
- West Point Grey Academy Foundation$38K
- Zajac Ranch Society$30K
- Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society$10K
- Community First Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Belkin (trustee); Margaret Corbett (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119245918RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.