Allardyce Bower Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 824551030RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($784,736) as filed with the CRA.
Allardyce Bower Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $434K in revenue and $785K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $772K in 2024, the largest being $194K to ST. Alphonsus Playground. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity status was approved november 25 2013. In 2024 the charity distributed capital to qualified charities relating to activities within the scope of their mandate. No new programs were included in the current period.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $434K | $785K | — | — | $772K | $0 |
| 2023 | $49K | $417K | — | — | $413K | $0 |
| 2022 | $412K | $310K | — | — | $302K | $2M |
| 2021 | $400K | $206K | — | — | $202K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $424K | $371K | — | — | $367K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $772K to 11 qualified donees:
- ST. Alphonsus Playground$194K
- Briar Hill School$88K
- Bow Ridge Little League$87K
- Foothills Little League Baseball Association$74K
- Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary$73K
- Dalhousie Elementary School$59K
- Hidden Valley Driving School$53K
- Sheep River Health Trust$52K
- ST. Luke Playground$50K
- The Calgary Between Friends Club-Fun and Fellowship for Disabled Youth$21K
- Parkdale United Church$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Aasen (trustee); Sean Bower (trustee); Michael Allardyce (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Allardyce Bower Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824551030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.