The Seasted Foundation
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 886994391RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($491,485) as filed with the CRA.
The Seasted Foundation is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $639K in revenue and $491K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% 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 4 qualified donees totalling $221K in 2024, the largest being $121K to Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $288K in 2020 to $639K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The seasted foundation continues to donate to health and welfare foundations and animal welfare groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $639K | $491K | — | — | $221K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $352K | $443K | — | — | $204K | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $348K | $410K | — | — | $182K | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $312K | $380K | — | — | $167K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $288K | $339K | — | — | $154K | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, September 30, 2024
- Investment income$88,938
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 $221K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$44K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Blower (director); Elsa Kittmer (director); Richard Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Seasted Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886994391RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.