The Shewan Foundation
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 827433095RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,186) as filed with the CRA.
The Shewan Foundation is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $339K in revenue and $250K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $250K in 2024, the largest being $82K to Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide funding to support advancement to post secondary education develop and promote local amateur sports and programs provide support for other charities who meet established requirements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $339K | $250K | $0 | $0 | $250K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $290K | $160K | — | — | $160K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $255K | $161K | — | — | $160K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $336K | $237K | — | — | $237K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $248K | $144K | — | — | $144K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250K to 15 qualified donees:
- Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation$82K
- YWCA British Columbia$40K
- Langley School District Foundation$30K
- Vancouver Youth Theatre Society$15K
- Young Life of Canada$15K
- Langley Animal Protection Society$15K
- The Salvation Army Gateway of Hope$10K
- Langley CARE Foundation$10K
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$8,000
- Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,000
- Victoria Native Friendship Centre$4,000
- Langley Senior Resources Society$3,000
- The British Columbia Conservation Foundation$3,000
- WSANEC Lands Trust Society$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Shewan (president); Stacey Kosturos (vice-president); Alexandra Shewan (secretary); Lori Shewan (treasurer); Dimitri Kosturos (director); Eric Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shewan Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827433095RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.