Buchanan Family Foundation
Private foundation · High Prairie, Alberta · BN 801330762RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($609,042) as filed with the CRA.
Buchanan Family Foundation is a private foundation based in High Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $305K in revenue and $609K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $535K in 2024, the largest being $103K to Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity provides funding to other registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $305K | $609K | — | — | $535K | $13M |
| 2023 | $357K | $548K | — | — | $480K | $12.2M |
| 2022 | $365K | $559K | — | — | $485K | $11.7M |
| 2021 | $440K | $484K | — | — | $403K | $13.3M |
| 2020 | $370K | $453K | — | — | $388K | $12.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $535K to 11 qualified donees:
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$103K
- Big Lakes County$100K
- Town of High Prairie$100K
- Veterans Association Food Bank$50K
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$50K
- Compassion House Foundation$44K
- Covenant Foundation$28K
- ST. Mark's Church$20K
- Basically Babies$20K
- Association of High Prairie and District Childrens' Resourcecouncil$10K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Buchanan (trustee); Donna Buchanan (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buchanan Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801330762RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.