The Brad Wait Foundation was founded in August 2017 in memory Bradley Bryan Wait, who lost his 31-month battle with brain cancer at the age of 42. A few weeks before Brad died, his old boss said, he would do a Golf tournament in Brads' memory. After the boss left, Brad said, "You be on top of that, Mom!"

9 years later, Brad Wait Foundation has given over $337,000.00 to local charities by holding Brad Wait Memorial Golf Events, Raffles and On-line Auctions. 

Five, Brad Wait Memorial Golf Tournaments supported NS Hospice, Camp Kerry (Lumara), North Shore Mental Health and WCKs (West Coast Kids with Cancer or Blood disorders).

Since COVID, it has been cost prohibitive to hold major golf tournaments, therefore the Foundation has raised funds via ‘online auctions’ to give Scholarships to Grade 12 graduating student who has experienced significant hardship in their youth.

Twenty-one scholarship applications were received in 2025 from North Vancouver schools.  Over half of them had lost a parent in their youth. Others live with a single mom, whose fathers had minimal presence in their lives and were never an active presence.