The Shields Foundation
Private foundation · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 789649316RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($615,805) as filed with the CRA.
The Shields Foundation is a private foundation based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $616K in revenue and $616K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $528K in 2024, the largest being $100K to VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to gift funds to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of ita (canada). The foundation will receive and maintain a fund or funds and will apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $616K | $616K | — | — | $528K | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $873K | $547K | — | — | $460K | $10.6M |
| 2022 | $786K | $485K | — | — | $372K | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $861K | $507K | — | — | $386K | $10M |
| 2020 | -$570K | $431K | — | — | $320K | $9.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $528K to 15 qualified donees:
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$100K
- The University of British Columbia$100K
- The University of British Columbia$75K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$50K
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$50K
- S.S. Master Society$35K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$30K
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$25K
- Mom to Mom Child Poverty Initiative Society$15K
- Green Teams of Canada$10K
- Food Stash Foundation$10K
- Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada$10K
- BabyGoRound Helping Families Society$7,500
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Jack.org$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Shields (director); Christine Shields (director); James Lochhead (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shields Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 789649316RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.