The North West Ceramic Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892818568RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,396) as filed with the CRA.
The North West Ceramic Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $260K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $9,030 in 2024, the largest being $3,500 to Craft Council of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9,669 in 2020 to $260K in 2024.
In its own words
Grants to Artists for continuing education - Funding of a Free Lecture Series and support to Publications on the Ceramic Arts - Support of a Triannual Clay Symposium - Scholarships through degree granting Institutions for students studying Ceramics
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $260K | $21K | $13K | $3,545 | — | $451K |
| 2023 | $180K | $9,356 | $5,058 | — | — | $198K |
| 2022 | $24K | $18K | $11K | — | $4,545 | $43K |
| 2021 | $5,004 | $5,707 | $1,000 | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $9,669 | $9,162 | $8,300 | — | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,030 to 5 qualified donees:
- Craft Council of British Columbia$3,500
- Selkirk College Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Society of Decorative Arts$1,000
- North Island College Foundation Trust Fund$1,000
- Langara College Foundation$530
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The North West Ceramic Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892818568RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.