Benevolent Trust Foundation
Private foundation · Bon Accord, Alberta · BN 836707497RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($92,719) as filed with the CRA.
Benevolent Trust Foundation is a private foundation based in Bon Accord, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $27K in revenue and $93K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Harbor4life Youth Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $45K in 2020 to $27K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation continues to solicit gifts and bequests for the purpose of disbursing funds and property exclusively to registered charities and 'qualified donees' under the provisions of the income tax act and to undertake activities ancilliary and incidental to the attainment of the goals and objectives of the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $93K | — | — | $60K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $70K | — | — | $45K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $45K | $152K | — | — | $20K | -$32K |
| 2021 | $45K | $160K | — | — | $24K | -$33K |
| 2020 | $45K | $158K | — | — | $28K | -$25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peggy Trach (director); Lilia Escares (director); Barbara Sutherland (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Benevolent Trust Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836707497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.