Bentley Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 879582310RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,640) as filed with the CRA.
Bentley Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $559K in revenue and $20K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% 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 100% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $325 in 2020 to $559K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operation of hutterite church school kindergarten and pre-school
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $559K | $20K | $193K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $18K | $385K | $385K | — | — | $654K |
| 2022 | $20K | $20K | $20K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $50K | $25K | $25K | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $325 | $14K | $14K | — | — | $995K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Hofer (trustee/owner); Lorenz Hofer (trustee/owner); Darius Hofer (trustee/owner).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bentley Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879582310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.