David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation
Private foundation · Strathmore, Alberta · BN 801021353RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,785,730) as filed with the CRA.
David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Strathmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $325K to The Mustard Seed Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation operates exclusively for charitable purposes including the advancement of religion advancement of education the relief of poverty and purposes benefical to the community as a whole. Funding is limited 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 | $1.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $23.2M |
| 2023 | -$177K | $893K | — | — | $885K | $23.8M |
| 2022 | $444K | $816K | — | — | $805K | $24.8M |
| 2021 | -$22K | $722K | — | — | $710K | $25.2M |
| 2020 | -$2.9M | $829K | — | — | $820K | $26M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 12 qualified donees:
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$325K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$275K
- Wheatland and Area Hospice Society$250K
- World Vision Canada$250K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$250K
- Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society$150K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$150K
- Wheatland County Food Bank Society$50K
- Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society$20K
- Hope Bridges Society for Creative and Continued Learning$20K
- Canadian Veterans Services Society$20K
- The Strathmore & Wheatland County Christmas Hamper Society$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Wilson (trustee); Penny Wilson (trustee); William Guinan (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801021353RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.