Calgary Stampede Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893125070RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,487,857) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Stampede Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.9M in revenue and $9.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.2M in 2020 to $8.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The calgary stampede foundation is committed to providing the youth of alberta with the opportunity to develop strong roots in their culture and heritage through programs that enhance personal growth citizenship and education. Programs include: 1)training for youth in the performing arts (young canadians school of performing arts stampede showband showriders) 2)agriculture-related school environment programs for visiting school classes (stampede school and oh ranch education program) 3)scholarships disbursed to youth in the arts livestock and agricultural arenas 4)agricultural programming…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.9M | $9.5M | $6.9M | $436K | — | $79.9M |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $5.6M | $4.2M | $301K | — | $80.5M |
| 2022 | $12M | $6.1M | $3.2M | $328K | — | $72.4M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $3.3M | $1.8M | $313K | — | $66.5M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $2.5M | $1.2M | $214K | — | $65.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 17 charities:
- Cal Wenzel Family Foundation$250K
- Norris Family Foundation$238K
- Hunter Family Foundation$200K
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation$165K
- Canadahelps Canadon$162K
- Canadahelps Canadon$162K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$107K
- Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund$100K
- Canada Gives$51K
- The Calgary Foundation$17K
- Charitus$14K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- The Timber Ridge Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Donald And Eleanor Seaman Family Foundation$5,000
- Mitchell Legacy Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Gray (board chair); Catherine Best (director); Cherie Copithorne-Barnes (director); Clayton Norris (director); Craig Senyk (director); Fauzia Lalani (dierctor); Ian Gunn (director); John Kousinioris (director); Lauchlan Currie (director); Marcel Coutu (director); Bob Thompson (director); Scott Thon (director); Shelly Norris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Stampede Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893125070RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.