Calgary Affordable Housing Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 769143686RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,149) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Affordable Housing Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $37K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Charitable status was received on April 1 2018 and CAHF has been in a set up phase since that time. In this current fiscal year there has been activity related to preparing to deliver charitable activities which can be described as follows: The Calgary Affordable Housing Foundation is a community-driven community-led permanent foundation. Our mandate is to facilitate philanthropic public and private investment partnerships to increase the stock of affordable homes for Calgarians in need. We are a dedicated resource for non-profit affordable housing agencies providing grants and ru…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37K | $32K | — | — | — | -$18K |
| 2023 | $94K | $197K | — | $9,731 | — | -$23K |
| 2022 | $184K | $103K | — | $21K | — | $80K |
| 2021 | $0 | — | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 3 charities:
- Cal Wenzel Family Foundation$100K
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,120
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David McElhanney (board chairman); Susan Mullie (secretary); Stephanie Felesky (director); Ryan Scott (director); Matthew Burns (director); Shaun Jones (director); Cheryl Hamelin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Affordable Housing Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 769143686RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.