Wesmont Foundation
Private foundation · Langley, British Columbia · BN 757376538RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($543,677) as filed with the CRA.
Wesmont Foundation is a private foundation based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $359K in revenue and $544K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $537K in 2024, the largest being $125K to The Evangelical Free Church of Canada - Canadian Pacific District. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $359K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $359K | $544K | $1,436 | — | $527K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $762K | $329K | $2,082 | — | $311K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $281K | $317K | $10K | — | $293K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $371K | $278K | — | — | $265K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $21K | — | — | $17K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $537K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Evangelical Free Church of Canada - Canadian Pacific District$125K
- Habitat for Humanity Society of Greater Vancouver$50K
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$47K
- Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society$20K
- Union Gospel Mission$20K
- Ally Global Foundation$20K
- Raphael Family Support Foundation$15K
- Mackie's Place Youth Social House Society$15K
- Langley Community Health and Hospital Foundation$15K
- BabyGoRound Helping Families Society$15K
- Advokate Life & Education Services Society$13K
- Faith and Love Children's Ministry$12K
- Langley Food Bank Society$10K
- Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions Foundation$10K
- Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions Foundation$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Langley$10K
- Beyond BC Greenhouse Charitable Foundation$10K
- Lending a Hand Society$8,700
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$8,500
- Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ$8,500
- Nightshift Street Ministries Society$5,598
- Encompass Support Services Society$5,000
- Young Life of Canada$5,000
- Work of Your Hand Canada$5,000
- The Salvation Army Gateway of Hope$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sydney Tilstra (president); Corinne Tilstra; John Tolstra; Yi Cheng Chen; Joel Tilstra.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wesmont Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 757376538RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.