Bernhard Melitz Foundation
Private foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 847000205RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($100,215) as filed with the CRA.
Bernhard Melitz Foundation is a private foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $333K in revenue and $100K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% 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 22% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $68K in 2024, the largest being $20K to A Better World Helping Hands Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $154K in 2020 to $333K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Basic education support women empowerment support mico financing health and wellness program support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $333K | $100K | — | — | $68K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $288K | $134K | — | — | $125K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $181K | $111K | — | — | $95K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $262K | $83K | — | — | $75K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $154K | $70K | — | — | $63K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$178,625
- Receipted donations$154,678
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $68K to 8 qualified donees:
- A Better World Helping Hands Canada$20K
- Cuso International$12K
- Code$10K
- Children Believe Fund$6,336
- Canadian Unicef Committee$5,000
- Brown Bagging for Calgary's Street Kids Society$5,000
- International Conservation Fund of Canada Inc.$5,000
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerda Melitz (trustee); Menno Melitz (trustee); Siea Newton (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bernhard Melitz Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847000205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.