Wrinch Memorial Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Hazelton, British Columbia · BN 891877409RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($714,661) as filed with the CRA.
Wrinch Memorial Foundation is a public foundation based in Hazelton, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $625K in revenue and $715K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Raise money to give grants to sustain charitable projects for public health general medical needs and social services for local residents and assist the Wrinch Memorial Hospital to provide medical services. To promote encourage and support sustainable education and charitable projects relating to health care and social services. To construct provide maintain lease own and manage one or more housing projects for low income and moderate housing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $625K | $715K | — | — | $40K | $0 |
| 2023 | $565K | $565K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $526K | $549K | $549K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $715K | $495K | $495K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $557K | $518K | $518K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$365K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Holland (board chair); Alf Brady (vice chair); Philip Muir (director); Julia Sundell (secretary); Gail Lowry (treasurer); Ida Folden (director); Cyra Yunkws.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wrinch Memorial Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891877409RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.