Thomas Skidmore Legacy Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892580283RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,135,524) as filed with the CRA.
Thomas Skidmore Legacy Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $277K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $273K to Broadway Pentecostal Church. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $277K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity made gifts 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 | $277K | $1.1M | $0 | $0 | $1.1M | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $811K | $1M | $0 | $0 | $986K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $0 | $0 | $1.5M | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $4.6M | $0 | $0 | $4.5M | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $6.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 19 qualified donees:
- Broadway Pentecostal Church$273K
- Classrooms For Africa Association$230K
- Summit Pacific College$185K
- Skidmore Foundation$70K
- Mission of Mercy (canada)$65K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$60K
- Vancouver Symphony$35K
- City in Focus Foundation$26K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$25K
- City Dream Centre Society$25K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$25K
- Union Gospel Mission$20K
- Cityreach CARE Society$20K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$15K
- Umoja Operation Compassion Society$10K
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$10K
- Spartan Foundation$10K
- The Push for Change Foundation$5,000
- World Vision Canada$1,176
Received $100K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Skidmore (director); Lorraine Skidmore (director); Cary Skidmore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thomas Skidmore Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892580283RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.