UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 856477856RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,191) as filed with the CRA.
UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $67K in revenue and $42K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 46 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to The Kidney Foundation of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $42K in 2020 to $67K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Charity's key area of focus is to support and encourage underfunded charities that offer essential services support and research to those suffering from chronic and critical illnesses. Furthermore the Charity intends to target its efforts at supporting charities that otherwise have a difficult time with fundraising and may not have such a high profile within the greater community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $67K | $42K | — | — | $42K | $110K |
| 2023 | $54K | $43K | — | — | $42K | $86K |
| 2022 | $28K | $40K | — | — | $40K | $75K |
| 2021 | $57K | $38K | — | — | $36K | $87K |
| 2020 | $42K | $31K | — | — | $30K | $68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 46 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$2,500
- Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society$2,000
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia$2,000
- Richmond Food Bank Society$1,650
- Invermere Companion Animal Network Society$1,500
- First Baptist Church$1,500
- Developing World Connections Society$1,500
- Critter CARE Wildlife Society$1,500
- Children's Organ Transplant Society of BC$1,500
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$1,500
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,500
- Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society$1,000
- Stigma-Free Mental Health Society$1,000
- Soap for Hope Canada Society$1,000
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$1,000
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundation$1,000
- Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation$1,000
- Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society$1,000
- Connective Support Society Nanaimo$1,000
- Nanaimo Community Hospice Society$1,000
- Nanaimo Community Foundation$1,000
- Nanaimo Child Development Centre Society$1,000
- Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$1,000
- Central Okanagan Association for Cardiac Health$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Millman (director); Colin Holyk (director); Nancy NG (treasurer); Ray Gaucher (president); Teresa Bruce (secretary); Emilio Dente (vice president); Parminder Janda (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856477856RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.