The Simons Foundation Canada
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119254142RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($856,048) as filed with the CRA.
The Simons Foundation Canada is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $931K in revenue and $856K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% 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 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $296K in 2024, the largest being $179K to Princeton University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $931K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Fund charities that assist the underprivileged health cultural and educational institutions. Support education in peace and global cooperation nuclear abolition human rights social justice and other related humanities issues in contemporary culture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $931K | $856K | $269K | — | $324K | $207K |
| 2023 | $922K | $1M | $420K | — | $3.2M | $132K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $855K | — | $271K | $218K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1M | — | $150K | $134K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | $159K | $202K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $296K to 13 qualified donees:
- Princeton University$179K
- Simon Fraser University$55K
- Conrad Grebel University College$40K
- The Canadian Council of Churches$15K
- Canadian Pugwash Group$2,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$1,000
- Union Gospel Mission$750
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$750
- Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra Society$500
- The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$500
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$500
- A Loving Spoonful Meals Society$500
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$439
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$344K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Simons (president); Tom Simons (director); Paul Lowry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Simons Foundation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119254142RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.