Biggar and District Community Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Biggar, Saskatchewan · BN 884086703RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,680) as filed with the CRA.
Biggar and District Community Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Biggar, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19K in revenue and $4,680 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $767.
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. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $3,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Biggar & District Family Centre Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4,376 in 2020 to $19K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We give grants to 'Qualified Donees' through a formal grants program accepting applications with supporting documentation. Said 'Qualified Donees' are to be a charitable organization associated with one or more of the following activities: health education the arts libraries museums or recreation. We will accept and receive funds and apply any part of the principal and income to the various funds in our grants program. We convene meetings to provide a forum to consider community priorities and action around community needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $4,680 | — | — | $3,000 | $294K |
| 2023 | $25K | — | — | — | — | $280K |
| 2022 | $47K | $37K | — | — | $35K | $257K |
| 2021 | $35K | $34K | — | — | $33K | $247K |
| 2020 | $4,376 | $1,616 | — | — | — | $246K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $767 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Phillips (president); Bryce Kramer (vice president); Doug Arthur (director); Pam Eaton (director); Cheryl Desrosiers (director); Kathy Sarvas (secretary); Brenda Bindig (treasurer); Brenda Newton (director); Leanne Zagoruy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Biggar and District Community Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884086703RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.