The Victor & Anna Kern Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119261469RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($643,018) as filed with the CRA.
The Victor & Anna Kern 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 $837K in revenue and $643K 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 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $624K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Prostate Cancer Foundation BC. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5.7M in 2020 to $837K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide gifts and donations to qualifed donors in the areas of health poverty children's needs and other causes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $837K | $643K | — | — | $639K | $13.1M |
| 2023 | $371K | $634K | — | — | $626K | $12.9M |
| 2022 | $210K | $466K | — | — | $464K | $13.1M |
| 2021 | $124K | $324K | — | — | $324K | $13.4M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $224K | — | — | $223K | $13.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$688,701
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 $624K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Prostate Cancer Foundation BC$40K
- BC Cancer Foundation$40K
- Burnaby Hospital and Community Foundation$35K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$35K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$35K
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$35K
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of British Columbia$30K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$25K
- Union Gospel Mission$25K
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia$25K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$25K
- Canadian Cancer Society$25K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$25K
- Alzheimer Society of B.C.$15K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$15K
- Covenant House Vancouver$15K
- Liver Canada Foie Canada$15K
- British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund$15K
- British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Association$15K
- British Columbia Centre for Ability Foundation$15K
- North Shore Rescue Team Society$10K
- Whistler Search and Rescue Society$10K
- Seniors Services Society of BC$10K
- The Dugout Drop-In Centre Society$10K
- Kids Sport$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Morgan (president); Sandra DI Tosto (director); Esther Lautard (director); Paul Gigliotti (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Victor & Anna Kern Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.