Clearwater Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 833804479RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($275,974) as filed with the CRA.
Clearwater Charitable 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 $418K in revenue and $276K 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 81% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $273K in 2024, the largest being $25K to The Wood's Homes Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $196K in 2020 to $418K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation continues to support various community social education and research charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $418K | $276K | — | — | $273K | $11.9M |
| 2023 | $242K | $248K | — | — | $245K | $8.8M |
| 2022 | $183K | $171K | — | — | $169K | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $197K | $170K | — | — | $168K | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $196K | $175K | — | — | $174K | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $273K to 11 qualified donees:
- The Wood's Homes Foundation$25K
- Calgary Counselling Centre$25K
- Haven Refugees$25K
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$25K
- Distress Centre Calgary$25K
- Parks Foundation Calgary (agent for City of Calgary)$25K
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$25K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$25K
- Faith Food Bank Society$25K
- Calgary Dream Centre$25K
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$23K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Eastham (director); Ronald Poelzer (director chairman); Lachlan Poelzer (director); Alina Poelzer (director secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Clearwater Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833804479RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.