The Oikodome Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 888226198RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($90,779) as filed with the CRA.
The Oikodome Foundation is a private foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $164K in revenue and $91K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $58K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Bursaries to individuals so they may pursue courses of study at christian universities. Funding publication of works of christian scholarship. Funding programs and activities at secondary and post-secondary institutions. Funding programs and activities at elementary schools.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164K | $91K | $13K | — | $58K | $330K |
| 2023 | $400K | $237K | $23K | — | $147K | $256K |
| 2022 | $200K | $267K | $26K | — | $175K | $93K |
| 2021 | $347K | $300K | $18K | — | $219K | $160K |
| 2020 | $198K | $268K | $28K | — | $226K | $113K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $58K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fran Vanderpol (director); Camille Candia (director); John Vanderpol (director); Calvin Vanderpol (director); Joel Vanderlpol (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Oikodome Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888226198RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.