Big Hearts Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 815478136RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($61,835) as filed with the CRA.
Big Hearts Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $62K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $58K in 2024, the largest being $58K to Grande Prairie Youth Emergency Shelter Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $76K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To solicit and receive gifts bequest trusts funds and property and beneficially or as a trustee or agent to hold invest develop manage accumulate and administer funds and property for the purpose of disbursing funds and property exclusively to 'qualified donees' under the provisions of the income tax act and other registered charities; and to undertake activities ancillery and incidental to the attainment of the aforementioned charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $62K | $3,685 | — | $58K | $67K |
| 2023 | $32K | $85K | — | — | $81K | $79K |
| 2022 | $61 | $1,947 | — | — | — | $131K |
| 2021 | $76K | $54K | $26K | — | $10K | $133K |
| 2020 | $76K | $51K | — | — | $22K | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $58K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $75K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Nadkrynechny (director); Dwayne Stang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Hearts Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815478136RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.