Funders › Canada

The Shields Foundation

The Shields Foundation is a Canadian private foundation based in Richmond, British Columbia. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $330,000 a year, mostly to human services, education and philanthropic organizations in British Columbia.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $330,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $460,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 61 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $10,000 and the largest was about $100,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 23 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, COVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVER and PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION/FONDATION DU SAUMON DU PACIFIQUE.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to human services (28%), education (25%) and philanthropic (20%) 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 (87%), Alberta (8%) and Ontario (5%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO GIFT FUNDS TO QUALIFIED DONEES AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION 149.1(1) OF ITA (CANADA). THE FOUNDATION WILL RECEIVE AND MAINTAIN A FUND OR FUNDS AND WILL APPLY ALL OR PART OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INCOME THEREFROM, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO QUALIFIED DONEES.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

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

See something wrong? Tell us.