Newell Family Foundation
Private foundation · Canmore, Alberta · BN 784604910RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($80,000) as filed with the CRA.
Newell Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $129K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Canadian Ditchley Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $129K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The Newell Family Foundation gives/donates to qualified donees such as the Careers: The Next Generation Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta and Northwest Territories Telus World of Science Edmonton and Canadian Ditchley Foundation. The Newell Family Foundation also have ongoing pledge agreements with qualified donees in support of specific projects such as the Edmonton Space & Science Foundation - Aurora Project / Indigenous Programs CapitalCare Foundation (Norwood Seniors) and the Francis Winspear Centre for Music.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $80K | — | — | $80K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $112K | $85K | — | — | $85K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $41K | $150K | — | — | $125K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $98K | $81K | $61K | — | $61K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $32K | $69K | — | — | $50K | $1.9M |
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$48,697
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 $80K to 7 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Newell (director/trustee); Kathleen Newell (director/trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Newell Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784604910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.