Expand Hope Foundation
Public foundation · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 815802723RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,179,254) as filed with the CRA.
Expand Hope Foundation is a public foundation based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $589K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $545K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. 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 1 qualified donee totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to FH Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $279K in 2020 to $589K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Advance education in developing countries by supporting infrastructure requirements and related community programs. Educate canadians in regards to global awareness in order to create impact in canadians' lives so that they will be driven to impact lives around the world. Donations to registered canadian charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $589K | $1.2M | $66K | — | $1.1M | $319K |
| 2023 | $632K | $714K | $56K | — | $636K | $697K |
| 2022 | $445K | $141K | $82K | — | $36K | -$942K |
| 2021 | $228K | $71K | $29K | — | $29K | $221K |
| 2020 | $279K | $43K | — | — | — | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$489,108
- From other charities$54,500
- Investment income$34,841
- Other income$7,806
- Receipted donations$2,600
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 1 qualified donee:
- FH Canada$1.1M
Received $545K from 4 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$53K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marvin Schmidt (director); Leah Schmidt (director); Sean Albers (director); Grace Albers (director); Vincent Kath (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Expand Hope Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815802723RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.