Mary and Donald Bittner Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 795082692RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,530) as filed with the CRA.
Mary and Donald Bittner 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 $2M in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $19K to The War Amputations of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The foundation provides donations to various registered charities ('qualified donees') in and around the calgary area through funds received by the foundation from donations and income from investements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $38K | — | — | $19K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $29K | $39K | — | — | $20K | $454K |
| 2022 | -$15K | $39K | — | — | $22K | $464K |
| 2021 | $59K | $38K | — | — | $21K | $517K |
| 2020 | $39K | $36K | — | — | $20K | $496K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bmo Trust Company (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mary and Donald Bittner Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 795082692RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.