Chinook Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890762941RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($192,188) as filed with the CRA.
Chinook Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $234K in revenue and $192K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $153K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Calgary Meals on Wheels. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $144K in 2020 to $234K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity gives grants to other charities and foundations for educational advancement and community improvement
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $234K | $192K | — | — | $153K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $276K | $186K | — | — | $148K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $828K | $151K | — | — | $114K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $275K | $141K | — | — | $107K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $144K | $140K | — | — | $110K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $153K to 19 qualified donees:
- Calgary Meals on Wheels$30K
- Calgary Interfaith Food Bank$30K
- Alcove Addiction Recovery for Women Society$12K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$8,500
- Wilder Institute$8,000
- The Jesse Davidson Foundation$8,000
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$7,500
- CUPS Calgary Society$7,500
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$6,000
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$5,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$4,000
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch Poppy Fund$4,000
- Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,000
- Brown Bagging for Calgary Street Kids Society$4,000
- Animal Rescue Foundation (arf) of Alberta$4,000
- The Back Door a Youth Employment Society$2,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Black (director); Margaret Nelson (director); William Black (director); Barbara Huston (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinook Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890762941RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.