West Vancouver Community Foundation
Public foundation · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 132171679RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,689,840) as filed with the CRA.
West Vancouver Community Foundation is a public foundation based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.2M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $992K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 118 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $1M to The Woods Arts and Wellness Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
With a focus on philanthropy grants and leadership our vision is a healthy and vibrant west vancouver where everyone is valued contributes and feels they belong. The west vancouver foundation offers our donors expert assistance in learning more about the causes they care about and the ability to make positive and lasting change by contributing with others who share similar interests. To the community at large the foundation offers a permanent growing source of funds for community projects and scholarships.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.2M | $3.7M | $217K | $174K | $3.2M | $27.6M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $5M | $244K | $195K | $4.3M | $25.1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $221K | $180K | $874K | $25.6M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $1.3M | $203K | $166K | $760K | $25.9M |
| 2020 | $5.6M | $1.6M | $187K | $147K | $1.1M | $20.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 118 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Woods Arts and Wellness Society$1M
- District of West Vancouver$493K
- Change the World Foundation$190K
- Hollyburn Community Services Society$110K
- Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation$100K
- Kay Meek Arts Society$89K
- EESO Foundation$73K
- North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre$58K
- North Shore Community Foundation$50K
- Family Services of the North Shore$46K
- The West Vancouver Community Arts Council$46K
- North Shore Community Resources Society$43K
- West Vancouver Community Centres Services Society$41K
- West Vancouver United Church$40K
- Vancouver Food Runners Society$38K
- The McCreary Centre Society$33K
- Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Society$31K
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30K
- Community First Foundation$26K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$25K
- Island Arts Centre Society (Artspring)$25K
- Vetta Chamber Music Society$23K
- The North Shore Restorative Justice Society$22K
- B.C. Pets and Friends Society$22K
- Lions Gate Hospital Foundation$22K
Received $992K from 16 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$306K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$300K
- BenefAction Foundation$100K
- Humphreys Family Foundation$100K
- Beedie Foundation$50K
- ALACS Foundation$50K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$22K
- Audain Foundation$20K
- Kiwanis North Shore Foundation$17K
- Vancouver Foundation$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,742
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,694
- Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,877
- Canada Gives$400
- Harbourfront Gives Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$328K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zahra Jenab (director); Naomi Denning (chair); John Parker (treasurer); Darrell Ert (secretary); Stewart Jonathan (director); Justin Yoo (director); Amanda Calla (director); Margaret Lanthier (director); Barbora Gaziova (director); Laurence (Guodong) Wang (director); Richard Loat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Vancouver Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132171679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.