The Stephen Ames Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 839230745RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($51,720) as filed with the CRA.
The Stephen Ames Foundation 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 $84K in revenue and $52K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $9,000 in 2024, the largest being $6,500 to Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $84K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Foundation established to maintain trust fund and to use such fund and the net income therefrom for the purposes of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds to be applied for the benefit of other charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84K | $52K | — | — | $31K | $657K |
| 2023 | $59K | $38K | — | — | $19K | $57K |
| 2022 | $67K | $22K | $1,750 | — | — | $605K |
| 2021 | $55K | $58K | — | — | $40K | $560K |
| 2020 | $29K | $20K | — | — | $3,500 | $563K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,000 to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Ames (trustee); Lance Hurtubise (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stephen Ames Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839230745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.