Olympia Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 835162405RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($493,112) as filed with the CRA.
Olympia Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $593K in revenue and $493K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations.
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 56 qualified donees totalling $493K in 2024, the largest being $52K to The Calgary Zoological Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $315K in 2020 to $593K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The primary focus and main program area of Olympia Charitable Foundation is to support registered Canadian charities that meet the criteria as outlined in our objectives. Olympia Charitable Foundation raises maintains and distributes funds raised by the employees of our parent and subsidiary companies. The Foundation commits to provide 100% of the donations made by our employees as gifts to registered charities and grassroots organizations that have aligning intentions to our giving efforts and community commitment. Our primary areas of giving include: 1. Supporting vulnerable communitie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $593K | $493K | $2,512 | — | $491K | $927K |
| 2023 | $380K | $340K | — | — | $340K | $827K |
| 2022 | $397K | $405K | — | — | $405K | $786K |
| 2021 | $360K | $383K | — | — | $379K | $794K |
| 2020 | $315K | $331K | — | — | $321K | $817K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $493K to 56 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Calgary Zoological Society$52K
- Stephen's Backpacks for Children in Need Society$40K
- Dreams Take Flight (Canada) / Voyage de Reves (Canada)$40K
- Helping Families Handle Cancer Foundation$35K
- Brown Bagging for Calgary Street Kids Society$27K
- Momentum Community Economic Development Society$25K
- Parachutes for Pets$25K
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$14K
- Native Counselling Services of Alberta$12K
- PCC Prostate Cancer Centre$10K
- Indian Residential School Survivors Society$10K
- Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation$10K
- Foothills Academy Society$10K
- Kristopher Letang and Friends Foundation$10K
- Canadian Centre for Men and Families$10K
- The Calgary Between Friends Club-Fun and Fellowship for Disabled Youth$10K
- Kidsport Canada$8,000
- Homes For Heroes Foundation$7,400
- The Edge School Foundation$7,200
- Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society$6,920
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$6,200
- Society for Autism Support and Services (calgary Region)$5,440
- All Access Ministries Society$5,400
- Veterans Transition Network$5,000
- The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Skauge (president); Kelly Revol (director); Neil McCullagh (director); Jonathan Bahnuik (secretary); Stephen Preston (director); Jennifer Urscheler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Olympia Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835162405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.