Gatzsch Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 807484928RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($134,112) as filed with the CRA.
Gatzsch Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $317K in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $121K in 2024, the largest being $38K to Easter Seals Alberta Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Gifting funds to qualified donees basic social services to relieve poverty the basic necessities of life.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $317K | $134K | $5,887 | — | $121K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $237K | $69K | $11K | — | $52K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $178K | $58K | $5,840 | — | $46K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $139K | $50K | — | — | $44K | $14.4M |
| 2020 | $251K | $49K | — | — | $43K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$160,000
- Investment income$91,247
- Other income$69,145
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 $121K to 7 qualified donees:
- Easter Seals Alberta Society$38K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$22K
- Unison Society$19K
- The Back Door a Youth Employment Society$12K
- The Kamala Foundation for Women and Children$11K
- Nepal Snehi Kaakha$10K
- Prisoners Assistance Nepal$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Gatzsch (president); Elizabeth Gatzsch (treasurer); Bruce Gatzsch (director); Jane Perepalkin (secretary); Megan Gatzsch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gatzsch Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807484928RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.