Carthy Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118840081RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,837,098) as filed with the CRA.
Carthy Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.8M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $131K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 111 qualified donees totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $295K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The carthy foundation is dedicated to the preservation of philanthropy with a particular interest in the areas of arts and culture social services health environment and education. Striving toward a prosperous canada - pioneering confidentely diverse and with abundant opportunity our mission is to foster the promise of youth and environmental wealth. The carthy foundation achieves its mission primarily through grants and donations to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.8M | $4.8M | $954K | — | $3.4M | $99.1M |
| 2023 | $10.5M | $4.6M | $897K | — | $3.2M | $92.1M |
| 2022 | -$10.2M | $5M | $891K | — | $3.6M | $86.2M |
| 2021 | $11M | $5M | $808K | — | $3.7M | $101.4M |
| 2020 | $9.9M | $5.3M | $831K | — | $4.1M | $95.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$5,987,228
- Investment income$2,662,589
- Receipted donations$356,000
- From other charities$131,250
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 111 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$295K
- NPower Canada$220K
- Farmers for Climate Solutions$156K
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$155K
- Junior Achievement of Canada$150K
- Board of Governors of The Banff Centre$150K
- The Canadian Canoe Museum$136K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$125K
- Momentum Community Economic Development Society$115K
- Canadian Global Affairs Institute$111K
- Agrarians Foundation$106K
- The Fraser Institute$105K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$105K
- SeedChange / Sème l'avenir$103K
- Nature United/ Nature Unie$100K
- Glenbow - Alberta Institute$100K
- Mistawasis Nêhiyawak$80K
- Grace Presbyterian Church of Calgary Alberta$80K
- Right to Play International$79K
- The Resilience Institute$77K
- City of Calgary$75K
- BGC Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society$75K
- Water First Education and Training Inc.$65K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$50K
- National Music Centre$50K
Received $131K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$617K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Beddis (director); Adrian Burns (director); A Mannix (director); M Mannix (director); V Mannix (director); K Plintz (director); Shelley Uytterhagen (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Carthy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118840081RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.