Developmental Disabilities Resource Foundation (ddrf)
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893605048RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($228,353) as filed with the CRA.
Developmental Disabilities Resource Foundation (ddrf) is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $259K in revenue and $228K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $380.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $36K in 2024, the largest being $26K to Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $163K in 2020 to $259K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Development disabilities resource foundation (ddrf) provides fundraising activities for developmental disabilities resource centre of calgary (ddrc). The funds are to be used to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities and their families. In addition ddrf provides resources to the general public to support and encourage inclusion for all persons within the calgary community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259K | $228K | $61K | $53K | $36K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $263K | $206K | $70K | $54K | $10K | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $111K | $434K | — | — | $324K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $803K | $176K | — | — | $42K | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $163K | $404K | — | — | — | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $36K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $380 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Eastham (president); Shawna Taylor (treasurer); Tom Shindruk (director); Todd Campbell (director); Dayna Johnson (director); Kent Wang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Developmental Disabilities Resource Foundation (ddrf)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893605048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.