Canada West Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118828698RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,719,177) as filed with the CRA.
Canada West Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 47% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The canada west foundation is an independent non-partisan public policy think tank that focuses on the policies that shape the west and by extension canada. Through our evidence-based research and commentary we provide practical solutions to tough public policy challenges facing the west and canada as a whole at home and on the global stage. Our team of research directors and policy analysts explore the big issues that affect the west and all of canada. They produce thoughtful ground-breaking research on the issues that matter most.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2.7M | $1.8M | $346K | — | $9.2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.8M | $2M | $297K | — | $9M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $278K | — | $8.8M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.7M | $153K | — | $10M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $195K | $136K | — | $9.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $300K from 12 charities:
- The Brawn Family Foundation.$150K
- The Arthur J E Child Foundation$100K
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$10K
- Viewpoint Foundation$10K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$7,484
- Loran Scholars Foundation$7,000
- Max Bell Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,992
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,062
- The University of Manitoba Business School Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
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
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Anton (director); Gary Mar (president and ceo); Nancy Hopkins (director); Brenda Kenny (director); Blair Lekstrom (director); Stephen Macdonald (director); Douglas Moen (director); Douglas Black (chairman); Terry Grieve (chair afi committee); Don Leitch (director); Kim McConnell (director); Walter Knott (director); William Sembo (director); Jack Mintz (director); Angie Bruce (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada West Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118828698RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.