Urban Systems Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 887693497RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($789,306) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Systems Foundation is a private foundation based in Kamloops, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $487K in revenue and $789K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $432.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 63 qualified donees totalling $723K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Partner with acts canada & developing world connections canada to provide financial support for education nutrition and clean water programs in uganda and peru. We continue to contribute funds and volunteer time to numerour local community groups to support disadvantaged children youth and families. We support literacy and cultural programs to several first nations communities and schools.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $487K | $789K | $35K | — | $723K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $406K | $638K | $52K | — | $556K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $508K | $568K | $37K | — | $509K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $499K | $509K | $36K | — | $467K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $595K | $486K | $25K | — | $454K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $723K to 63 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada$150K
- Developing World Connections Society$144K
- Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach$62K
- Spirit North$50K
- Africa Community Technical Service Society$46K
- The University of British Columbia$34K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$25K
- Blueberry Creek Community School Council$20K
- Union Gospel Mission$15K
- Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ$10K
- Trinity Legacy Foundation$10K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey)$10K
- Makeway Foundation$9,000
- Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports$7,000
- Our Place Society$6,625
- Kamloops Pastoral Charge$6,400
- Nightshift Street Ministries Society$6,000
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$6,000
- Local Investment Toward Employment (l.i.t.e.) Inc.$6,000
- Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family & Community Services Society$5,860
- Sums Place Society$5,000
- Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society$5,000
- Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association$5,000
- Bucket & Borders Basketball$5,000
- Qmunity Bc's Queer Trans and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society$4,000
Received $432 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mercedes Braun (president); Kristopher Nelson (past president); Christina Lexmond (treasurer); Sarah Hayes (secretary); Carolyn Dunn (vice president); Chad Carlstrom (director); Lee Giddens (director); Natasha Elliott (director); Brittany Tuttle (director); Theresa Foley (privacy officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Systems Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887693497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.