Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130373244RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,912,600) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $58.4M in revenue and $49.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 116 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11.5M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 52 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $39M in 2024, the largest being $21.3M to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
The alberta children's hospital foundation raises funds for excellence in child health research and family centred care. Funding is provided to alberta health services and university of calgary for advanced pediatric research specialized life saving equipment education and training innovative child health programs and services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58.4M | $49.9M | — | $6.3M | $39M | $321.2M |
| 2023 | $63.3M | $55.6M | — | $5.9M | $45.3M | $294.4M |
| 2022 | $60M | $41.8M | — | $4.3M | $33.5M | $299.4M |
| 2021 | $57.3M | $29M | — | $3.5M | $21.9M | $289.1M |
| 2020 | $50.4M | $35.9M | $0 | $4.8M | $27.3M | $234.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39M to 5 qualified donees:
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$21.3M
- Alberta Health Services$15.9M
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$1.2M
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$500K
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$126K
Received $11.5M from 116 charities:
- The Joyce Family Foundation$2.5M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.4M
- The Calgary Foundation$1.2M
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$1.2M
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$695K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$554K
- Kids Cancer CARE Foundation of Alberta$500K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$270K
- David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation$250K
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$200K
- RBC Foundation$185K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$182K
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$130K
- The Lamb Family Foundation Inc.$125K
- Krabben Family Foundation$120K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$111K
- BenefAction Foundation$108K
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Guru Nanak Darbar Ramgarhia Sikh Society of Calgary$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$93K
- The Begin Family Charitable Foundation$88K
- Kindred Foundation$80K
- Giles Family Foundation$75K
- Westman Charitable Foundation$75K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions52
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Francois Benrier (director); Dale Dusterhoft (director); Laura Daniels (director); James Riddell (director); Jo Ann Beckie (director); Stephen Stretch (director); John Mercury (director); Andrew Phillips (director); Marty Giles (director); Alyson Goldman (director); Ryan Giiles (director); Mike Begin (board vice chair); Mark Anselmo (director); Jeff Boyd (director); Darlene Haslam (board chair); Margaret Bregazzi (director); Antonia Stang (director); Mona Jasinski (director); Doug Van Spronson (director); Hanif Joshaghani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130373244RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.