The Stuart and Susan Bird Family Foundation
Private foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 715620308RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($491,947) as filed with the CRA.
The Stuart and Susan Bird Family Foundation is a private foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $977K in revenue and $492K 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 58% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $450K in 2024, the largest being $200K to ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $7.6M in 2022 to $977K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purposes of the foundation are to receive gifts bequests funds and property and to hold invest administer and distribute funds and property to 'qualified donees' as defined by the income tax act; and: to do all such other things as are incidental and ancilliary to the attainment of the foregoing purposes and the exercise of the power of the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $977K | $492K | — | — | $450K | $8.4M |
| 2023 | $795K | $408K | — | — | $400K | $7.9M |
| 2022 | $7.6M | $15K | — | — | — | $7.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$615,539
- Investment income$321,005
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 $450K to 7 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Bird (chair); John Bird (director); Mary Bird (director); Jeffrey Bird (director); Amanda Frew (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stuart and Susan Bird Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 715620308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.