Little Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 776658015RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($357,864) as filed with the CRA.
Little Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $529K in revenue and $358K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3.3M.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $303K in 2024, the largest being $159K to Canadahelps Canadon. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
1. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada). 2. To conduct activities incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the above charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $529K | $358K | — | — | $303K | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $168K | — | — | $145K | $7.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$280,762
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 $303K to 14 qualified donees:
- Canadahelps Canadon$159K
- Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel$25K
- Compassion Canada$24K
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$15K
- Humanitarian Aid Response Team Society (hart)$15K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$15K
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$12K
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$10K
- Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada$10K
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$5,586
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$5,000
- Power to Change Foundation$5,000
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$2,000
- North America Indian Mission of Canada$500
Received $3.3M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Little (trustee settlor); Ruth Little (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Little Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 776658015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.