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David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund (2013)

David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund (2013) is a Canadian public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $735,000 a year, mostly to arts and culture, education and philanthropic organizations in British Columbia and Alberta.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $735,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $1.1 million.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 25 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $100,000 and the largest was about $310,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 6 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CHOR LEONI CHORAL SOCIETY and PACIFIC OPERA VICTORIA FOUNDATION.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to arts and culture (38%), education (32%) and philanthropic (30%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in British Columbia (84%) and Alberta (16%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “THE DAVID SPENCER ENDOWMENT ENCOURAGEMENT FUND (DSEEF) IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS TO QUALIFIED DONEES WITH A FOCUS ON PROVIDING ON- GOING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSICAL ARTS AND INDIVIDUALS. DSEEF HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN OPERA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOICE.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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