Buckspring Foundation
Public foundation · Cochrane, Alberta · BN 819422403RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,064,150) as filed with the CRA.
Buckspring Foundation is a public foundation based in Cochrane, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 24% from government, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $418K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $45K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre Ltd.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $305K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Various support to local and international charities ; #notinmycity campaign for various programs to combat human trafficking.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $693K | $8,200 | $45K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $729K | $566K | — | — | $23K | $670K |
| 2022 | $568K | $603K | — | — | $144K | $506K |
| 2021 | $741K | $704K | $687K | — | $62K | $540K |
| 2020 | $305K | $348K | $338K | — | — | $504K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $418K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Brandt (director); Don Bell (director); Wayne Poffenroth (director); Wayne Smele (director); Darlene Friesen (director); Tom Medvedic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buckspring Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819422403RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.