Kids Cancer CARE Foundation of Alberta
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 899409171RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,465,831) as filed with the CRA.
Kids Cancer CARE Foundation of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $8M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 49 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $503K in 2024, the largest being $500K to Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Each year in Alberta about 240 children are diagnosed with cancer. What follows are months or years of invasive treatments that interrupt the normal course of childhood depriving kids of regular childhood experiences such as playdates school sports and other activities. Children with cancer miss out on a lot leading to gaps in skills and development. A childhood rich with responsive relationships and learning experiences is essential to healthy development. KCC's vision is a cure for every child and care for every family helping young people and their families rebuild their lives thro…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8M | $6.5M | $3.2M | $1.5M | $503K | $8M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $5.9M | $2.9M | $1.3M | $626K | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.2M | $2.2M | $1.2M | $103K | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $3.9M | $1.9M | $1.1M | $224K | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.8M | $2.7M | $1.5M | $564K | $4.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $503K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1.7M from 49 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$389K
- The Calgary Foundation$298K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$182K
- Westman Charitable Foundation$150K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$82K
- Aqueduct Foundation$60K
- Lily Street Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$35K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$30K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$30K
- Shaw Family Foundation$30K
- The Terry & Marion Poole Foundation$30K
- The Michael R. Shaw Outdoor Development Foundation$28K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$20K
- Canada Gives$18K
- ZLC Foundation$17K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- The Shawana Foundation$15K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$12K
- ATCO Electric Epic$11K
- Abundance Canada$11K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryan Arthur (director); Ellen Breen (treasurer); Dean Duffin (chair); Dania Filippetto (director); Erica Young (secretary); Lucie Lafay-Cousin (director); Angelo Cultrera (director); Jack Maslan (director); Kelly Hill (director); Darryl Conroy (director); Tracey Martin (ceo/ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kids Cancer CARE Foundation of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899409171RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.