Butler Family Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 856794557RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($664,149) as filed with the CRA.
Butler Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $243K in revenue and $664K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% 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 31% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 78 qualified donees totalling $501K in 2023, the largest being $50K to University Hospitals Foundation.
In its own words
The foundation grants money to local community charities that are qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $243K | $664K | $42K | — | $463K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $656K | $38K | — | $499K | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $172K | $151K | $42K | — | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $366K | $658K | $31K | — | $503K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $256K | $644K | $31K | — | $491K | $4.7M |
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$197,456
- Receipted donations$45,310
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, 2023
Granted $501K to 78 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- University Hospitals Foundation$50K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$25K
- Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton$20K
- Ihuman Youth Society$20K
- YWCA Edmonton$20K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$20K
- BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society$20K
- Youth Canada Association (youcan!) / Associaton des Jeunes Canadiens$20K
- Free Play for Kids Inc.$20K
- The Apple Schools Foundation$15K
- Focas$13K
- Edmonton Catholic Schools Foundation$12K
- Parents Empowering Parents (pep) Society$12K
- University Hospitals Foundation$11K
- BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society$10K
- The Boyle Street Service Society$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts$10K
- YWCA Edmonton$10K
- Sport Central Association$10K
- The Rock and Roll Society of Edmonton$10K
- St. Albert Community Village and Food Bank Society$10K
- The Today Family Violence Help Centre$10K
- Alberta Adaptabilities Association$10K
- Kara Family Resource Centre$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Butler Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856794557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.