Firefighters Burn Treatment Society
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118915925RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($547,508) as filed with the CRA.
Firefighters Burn Treatment Society is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $399K in revenue and $548K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $238K in 2024, the largest being $168K to Calgary Health Trust. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $200K in 2020 to $399K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 25 names.
In its own words
Acceptance of donations sale of merchandise fundraising events and raffle.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $399K | $548K | $170K | $9,456 | $238K | $141K |
| 2023 | $693K | $531K | $201K | $44K | $131K | $294K |
| 2022 | $305K | $289K | $27K | — | $143K | $127K |
| 2021 | $151K | $171K | $1,293 | — | $120K | $111K |
| 2020 | $200K | $181K | $3,683 | — | $107K | $131K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $238K to 3 qualified donees:
- Calgary Health Trust$168K
- Edmonton Firefighters Burn Treatment Society$40K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$30K
Received $56K from 13 charities:
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,624
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,812
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,488
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,648
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,510
- United Way of Calgary and Area$2,268
- The Calgary Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$355
- United Way of Greater Toronto$110
- Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners$100
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Kerr (president); Will Stewart (director - stewardship); Jason Matthews (secretary); Tara Walmsley (treasurer); Tom Barker (director - signature event); Sean Chaytors (vice president 2); Todd Nabozniak (vice president 1); Sean Cooley (director - casino); Randy Chevrier (director social media); Nathan Leece (dir - volunteer engagement); Shaun Street (dir - hall to hall sales); Brad Crandell (dir - hmcs calgary liason); Jim Fisher (dir children's hospital liason); Todd Berry (dir - truck pull event); Stu Abercrombie (director - burn camp); Stephen Cavanaugh (dir - hall to hall sales); Stephen Cassley (dir - assist signature event); Todd Rodgers (dir - events); Sean Quigley (dir - online sales); Chris Albertini (dir - stampede events); Helen Upperton (dir - rookie engagement); Jeff Stevenson (dir - hall to hall sales); Colton Armstrong (dir - hall to hall sales); Jillian Siemieniuk (dir - hall to hall sales); Ahmed Marshall (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Firefighters Burn Treatment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118915925RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.