Wheeler Family Foundation
Private foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 851876888RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,578,154) as filed with the CRA.
Wheeler Family Foundation is a private foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $235K to Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The foundation makes ... To registered canadian charities education environment and international relief are our focus
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.2M | $34.2M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $1.3M | — | $0 | $1.3M | $31.6M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $882K | $881K | — | $881K | $26.4M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $701K | — | — | $700K | $24M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $586K | — | — | $585K | $18.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 17 qualified donees:
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$235K
- United Way British Columbia$180K
- Right to Learn Afghanistan$125K
- The Nature Trust of British Columbia$100K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$100K
- Swazi Kids$100K
- Care CDN$90K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$80K
- Swazi Kids Society$80K
- Vancouver Island University Foundation$80K
- Alzheimer Society of B.C.$25K
- Stephen Lewis Foundation$15K
- Action Canada$12K
- The Vancouver Second Mile Society$5,000
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,000
- YWCA British Columbia$4,000
- Audain Art Museum$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eileen Wheeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wheeler Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851876888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.