Westerkirk Foundation
Private foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 846571875RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($105,059) as filed with the CRA.
Westerkirk Foundation is a private foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $105K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $103K in 2024, the largest being $49K to Carleton University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $504K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The Foundation carries out the program of making gifts to qualified donees that carry out charitable activities furthering the relief of poverty the advancement of education and the advancement of the public's appreciation of the arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $105K | — | — | $105K | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $56K | — | — | $56K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $820K | $40K | — | — | $40K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $107K | $33K | — | — | $32K | $946K |
| 2020 | $504K | $62K | — | — | $61K | $872K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $103K to 9 qualified donees:
- Carleton University$49K
- Muslim Welfare Canada$20K
- YWCA Toronto$12K
- The Mustard Seed Street Church$10K
- Town of Lincoln$3,000
- The Belfry Theatre Society$3,000
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$3,000
- Georgian Triangle Humane Society$1,500
- Ontario Crafts Council$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sherry Brydson (chair); Matthew Carson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westerkirk Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846571875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.