Mount Royal University Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 140621103RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,735,244) as filed with the CRA.
Mount Royal University Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5.2M in 2024, the largest being $5.2M to Mount Royal University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The mount royal university foundation received donations that support programs and scholarships administered and delivered at mount royal university
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.7M | $2.4M | — | $5.2M | $100 |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $13.7M | $2.5M | — | $11.1M | $100 |
| 2022 | $10.3M | $10.3M | $1.5M | — | $8.7M | $100 |
| 2021 | $12.2M | $12.2M | $2M | — | $10.1M | $100 |
| 2020 | $10.5M | $10.5M | $2.2M | — | $8.3M | $280 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.2M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.2M from 31 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$723K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$266K
- Viewpoint Foundation$250K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$243K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$200K
- RBC Foundation$175K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$88K
- The John Dobson Foundation$72K
- BenefAction Foundation$68K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$25K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$20K
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$15K
- Ceric$15K
- The Arthur H. and Margaret E. Baker Foundation$10K
- Totem Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,931
- The Foundation for Seniors' CARE-Hearts of Excellence$6,000
- Community Service Fund$5,000
- The Michael R. Shaw Outdoor Development Foundation$5,000
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$5,000
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$3,750
- The Classical Guitar Society of Calgary$3,000
- The Cardinal Foundation$3,000
- Cpa Education Foundation$2,500
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fraser Abbott (director); Kim Berjian (vice-chair); Claire Buffone-Blair (director); Bruce Edgelow (director); Vivian Kolias Lougheed (director); Andrew Macnair (director); Sharon Martens (director); Patti O'Connor (director); Tim Rahilly (director); Lindsay Skabar (director); Tim Sprung (director); Tania Willumsen (chair); Shana Wolch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mount Royal University Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140621103RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.