Wilson 5 Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 822979308RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,902,709) as filed with the CRA.
Wilson 5 Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $28.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $28.4M in 2024, the largest being $25M to BC Parks Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $91.7M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation does not carry on charitable programs or activities directly. The sole purpose of the foundation is to make donations to qualified donees as defined under income tax legislation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $28.9M | — | — | $28.4M | $329.8M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.8M | $351.5M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $55.8M | — | — | $54.8M | $349.3M |
| 2021 | $7.9M | $13.8M | — | — | $12.4M | $393.9M |
| 2020 | $91.7M | $4.9M | — | — | $2.8M | $399.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $28.4M to 5 qualified donees:
- BC Parks Foundation$25M
- California State Fulleton$2.3M
- The FSHD Canada Foundation$923K
- Global Civic Policy Society$66K
- West Vancouver Community Centres Services Society$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Wilson (director); Shannon Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wilson 5 Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822979308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.