Caron Education Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 843657156RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($524,683) as filed with the CRA.
Caron Education Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $348K in revenue and $525K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $437K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $348K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation is currently reviewing qualified donees involved in education programs training and literacy. The foundation continued to review proposals and support programs meetings the charitable goals and criteria of the foundation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $348K | $525K | — | — | $437K | $8.8M |
| 2023 | $307K | $408K | — | — | $321K | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $457K | $373K | — | — | $316K | $9M |
| 2021 | $208K | $367K | — | — | $291K | $9M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $372K | — | — | $300K | $9.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $437K to 19 qualified donees:
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$100K
- Big Hearts Charitable Foundation$75K
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$59K
- Little Warriors$50K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$30K
- Wellspring Charitable Foundation$25K
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region$15K
- Big Hearted Mavericks Foundation$15K
- Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation$10K
- Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation$10K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$10K
- Town of Valleyview$10K
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$5,250
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$5,000
- Gordie Howe Center for Alzheimer's Research and Education Society$5,000
- Ched Santas Anonymous$5,000
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$2,500
- Municipal District of Greenview$2,500
- Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louise Caron (director); Allen Caron (director); Shawna Caron (director); Gus Caron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caron Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843657156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.