Ember Fund
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 780632113RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($491,965) as filed with the CRA.
Ember Fund is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $769K in revenue and $492K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $360K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Alexandra Community Health Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $255K in 2020 to $769K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation will manage its core investments raise funds from private sponsors (individual and corporate) acquire property by purchase and keep property invested in order to create income for distribution of funds to fund donations 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 | $769K | $492K | — | — | $360K | $10.3M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $210K | — | — | $100K | $10M |
| 2022 | $2M | $138K | — | — | $50K | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $57K | — | — | $50K | $3M |
| 2020 | $255K | $39K | — | — | $36K | $818K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $360K to 15 qualified donees:
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$75K
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$75K
- CUPS Calgary Society$55K
- Little Warriors$27K
- Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$20K
- Safe Haven Foundation of Canada$20K
- Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre LTD.$18K
- Treehouse Advocacy Centre Society Vancouver$15K
- Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs$15K
- Brown Bagging for Calgary Street Kids Society$15K
- Inn From the Cold Society$5,000
- I Can for Kids Foundation$5,000
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$5,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$5,000
- Community First Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rosemary Marr (president); Brett Marr (director); Alexandra Craig (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ember Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780632113RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.