Calgary Health Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893834697RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($43,872,245) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Health Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $50.4M in revenue and $43.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.5M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $15.9M in 2024, the largest being $10.1M to Alberta Health Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
Provide support for medical services long term care medical research and education by granting to alberta health services - calgary zone university of calgary medical school and other registered charities providing support of health care within the calgary region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50.4M | $43.9M | — | $23.7M | $16M | $181.7M |
| 2023 | $53M | $44.5M | — | $26.4M | $15.3M | $168M |
| 2022 | $54.1M | $36.7M | — | $23.9M | $10.5M | $163.7M |
| 2021 | $44.8M | $39.4M | — | $23.3M | $14.1M | $149.4M |
| 2020 | $50.5M | $46M | — | $22.4M | $21.7M | $129.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15.9M to 14 qualified donees:
- Alberta Health Services$10.1M
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$5.4M
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$125K
- Institute for Improved Health Outcomes$125K
- Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary$110K
- Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust$50K
- PCC Prostate Cancer Centre$12K
- University Hospitals Foundation$9,732
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$4,866
- The University of Lethbridge$1,000
- Mount Royal University$1,000
- Canmore and Area Health CARE Foundation$304
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$95
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$95
Received $3.5M from 37 charities:
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$1.3M
- The Calgary Foundation$623K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$361K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$240K
- Bruce Morrison Charitable Foundation$180K
- The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation$150K
- National Music Centre$125K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation$70K
- Calgary CO-Op Community Foundation$50K
- Norris Family Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$44K
- The Lecky Foundation$30K
- Aqueduct Foundation$28K
- Wayne Foo Foundation$25K
- McManes Family Foundation$25K
- The Cardinal Foundation$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$14K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$12K
- The Heuver Family Foundation$10K
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$9,773
- London Community Foundation$8,800
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$6,577
- Canada Gives$6,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Iveta Andreeva (trustee); Mark Anselmo (trustee); Kirk Bailey (trustee); Nancy Calvin (trustee); Christopher Eagle (trustee); Kate Fischer (trustee); Brianna Guenther (trustee); Kathy Hnatiuk (trustee); Richard Hu (trustee); Lesley Hutcheson (trustee); Sarah Kennedy (trustee); Amanda Kousinioris (trustee); Alice Lam (trustee); Eda Libin (trustee); Tricia Leadbeater (trustee); Catherine Macneill (trustee); Roderick McKay (trustee); Mark Owerko (trustee); Robert Peabody (trustee); David Routledge (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Health Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893834697RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.