The Rix Family Foundation
Private foundation · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 119121317RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,588,431) as filed with the CRA.
The Rix Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.3M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $1M to BC Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $7.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Donations to other charities and universities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.3M | $51.9M |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $2M | — | — | $1.7M | $46.7M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.7M | $40.7M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.6M | $38.1M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.7M | $37.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$3,502,617
- Investment income$3,305,199
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 $2.3M to 23 qualified donees:
- BC Cancer Foundation$1M
- The University of British Columbia$370K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$200K
- Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation$100K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$100K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$100K
- World Vision Canada$50K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank$45K
- Canadian Cancer Society$35K
- Vancouver Fire Fighters' Charitable Society$30K
- North Shore Rescue Team Society$25K
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society$20K
- Humane World Foundation Canada$20K
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20K
- British Columbia Guide Dog Services$20K
- Community First Foundation$20K
- A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary Foundation$20K
- The Children's Family House Society of B.C.$15K
- Surrey Food Bank Society$15K
- Kids International Development Society$15K
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$15K
- McEwen Family Charitable Trust$10K
- Rays of Hope for Uganda Inc.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Rix (president); Frances Lasser (director); Karen Fraser (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rix Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119121317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.