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Vancouver, BC · Private foundation

Chan Better World Foundation

To fund qualified donees including school etc.

C$427k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k9 grants · C$37k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$40k
  • C$50k–250k3 grants · C$350k
C$5,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST. PAUL'S FOUNDATION OF VANCOUVERC$200,000
VGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$100,000
BC CANCER FOUNDATIONC$50,000
MULTIPLY NETWORKC$20,000
PARKINSON CANADA INC.C$10,000
SUCCESS FOUNDATIONC$10,000
RICHMOND CHINESE COMMUNITY SOCIETYC$5,000
CAPILANO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONC$5,000
CANUCK PLACE CHILDREN'S HOSPICEC$5,000
SARAH MCLACHLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOCIETYC$5,000
VANCOUVER URBAN MINISTRIESC$5,000
CCM CANADA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONC$5,000
VANCOUVER CHINESES SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHC$3,000
LIONS GATE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$2,000
EVERY NATION CHURCH VANCOUVER SOCIETYC$2,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.2M · 17 repeat orgsC$1.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +35% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
26

Total granted

C$2.2M
C$788k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$234k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • VU
    VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$732k · revenue +12%
  • BC
    BC CANCER FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$302k · revenue +64%
  • UO
    University of British Columbia
    2× · 2017–2021 · C$269k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • VC
    Vancouver Chinatown Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$500k · revenue +128%
  • CC
    COASTAL CHURCHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$87k · revenue +50%
  • CH
    CROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · C$50k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pacific Public Health Foundation

The pacific public health foundation works in collaboration with the bc centre for disease control (bccdc) and more broadly the health sector to support public health in bc by funding and facilitating evidence-based work that has an…

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2
B.C. Mental Health Foundation

The british columbia mental health foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and support for mental health and substance use care education and research throughout the province. the bc mental health foundation provide funds to support…

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3
Canadian Cancer Prevention Centre Foundation

Raising funds for ccs prevention centre in vancouver b.c.

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4
Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation leverages the generosity of donors towards projects initiatives and organizations working to create meaningful and lasting impact on our communities. We continued delivering a number of grant programs and initiatives…

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5
Langara College Foundation

Distributes awards and grants to Langara College students and funds other student related projects initiatives and programs.

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6
Camosun College Foundation

The Foundation assists Camosun College to expand and enhance its educational programs or services not funded by government including financial aid to students at Camosun College. The Foundation provides an opportunity for individual…

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7
Chilliwack Hospital Foundation

The foundation raises funds to support programs and services that educate and facilitate better health for the residents in the region primarily through community based projects. programs focus on identifying the factors that have a…

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8
Victoria Hospitals Foundation

The victoria hospitals foundation raises funds for priority medical equipment special projects research education and other island health priority needs primarily at royal jubilee hospital victoria general hospital and gorge road hospital.…

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9
Harbour Lights Foundation

Harbour Lights Foundation is a private Vancouver based foundation dedicated to helping Canadian Registered Charities achieve their goals and missions. We are a proud donor in supporting scholarships funds and helping students with…

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10
The Victoria Foundation

The victoria foundation connects people who care with causes that matter. established in 1936 the victoria foundation is canada's second oldest community foundation and the sixth largest of nearly 200 nation-wide. the victoria foundation…

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11
Vancouver Community College Foundation

Providing scholarships and bursaries to students at vancouver community college providing equipment for programs at vancouver community college and providing funds for program development and faculties expansion at vancouver community…

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12
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation

Comox valley healthcare foundation (cvhf) raises funds through a variety of methods to support the general advancement of healthcare and healthcare related services in the comox valley. cvhf provides funding for medical and diagnotic…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Carey Hall. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
34/51
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetVGH & UBC Hospital Foundation — C$732,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetVancouver Chinatown Foundation — C$500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION — C$302,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of British Columbia — C$268,742 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN(CANADA) — C$200,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetST. PAUL'S FOUNDATION OF VANCOUVER — C$200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY — C$132,151 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL CHURCH — C$87,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPOWER TO CHANGE MINISTRIES — C$75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCanadian Society for Educating Girls of Rural China — C$70,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetSUCCESS Foundation — C$65,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetRICHMOND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRATANAK INTERNATIONAL — C$58,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVANCOUVER URBAN MINISTRIES — C$30,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetBC Children's Hospital Foundation — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER CHINESE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — C$29,000 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetMULTIPLY NETWORK — C$22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetS.U.C.C.E.S.S. — C$19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCCM Canada Charitable Foundation — C$19,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetOCEANSIDE HOSPICE SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON CANADA INC. — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION — C$8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CANADA INC — C$7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChi Heng Foundation Canada — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANUCK PLACE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF B.C. — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Vision Canada — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND CHINESE COMMUNITY SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCAPILANO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARAH MCLACHLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLearning Buddies Network of the Lower Mainland Society — C$5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBC WOMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLA CATHAY CARE HOME SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH UNLIMITED — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL OKANAGAN HOSPICE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREACHACROSS CANADA — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG LIFE OF CANADA — C$2,500 over 1y, 73% of budgetEVERY NATION CHURCH VANCOUVER SOCIETY — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORD'S PEACE CHAPEL SOCIETY — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIONS GATE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHANK DOG I AM OUT RESCUE SOCIETY — C$2,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetForgotten People Connection — C$2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCAREY HALL — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGLICAN NETWORK CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Nicola Wealth Private…United Way British Co…Zlc FoundationThe Peter Young Found…Chan Family FoundationDavid and Dorothy Lam…Vancouver FoundationRaymond James Canada …Telus Employees Chari…Johnny Fong Charitabl…Just Philanthropy Fou…The Lum Family Founda…
Nicola Wealth Private Giving FoundationBC12.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Zlc Foundation · The Peter Young Foundation · Chan Family Foundation · David and Dorothy Lam Foundation · Vancouver Foundation · Raymond James Canada Foundation · Telus Employees Charitable Trust · Johnny Fong Charitable Foundation · Just Philanthropy Foundation · The Lum Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-08-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 888229127:2024-08-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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