Elkwater Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 141152991RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,719) as filed with the CRA.
Elkwater Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $60K in revenue and $72K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $60K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operation of hutterite church school kindergarten and pre-school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $60K | $72K | $72K | — | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $26K | $54K | $54K | — | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $64K | $21K | $21K | — | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $306K | $266K | $266K | — | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $12K | $601K | $601K | — | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Hofer (trustee/owner); Paul Hofer (trustee/owner); Ruben Hofer (trustee/owner).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elkwater Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141152991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.