Open Sky
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 764789327RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($173,431) as filed with the CRA.
Open Sky is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $644K in revenue and $173K 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 29% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $129K in 2024, the largest being $28K to Shambhala Canada Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Aggregation of investment income to fund other charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $644K | $173K | — | — | $129K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $155K | — | — | $117K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $120K | $741K | — | — | $100K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $340K | $133K | — | — | $85K | $3M |
| 2020 | $769K | $110K | — | — | $72K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $129K to 15 qualified donees:
- Shambhala Canada Society$28K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$17K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$15K
- Naropa University$15K
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$12K
- Ecology Action Centre$10K
- Nalanda Foundation$8,000
- Hospice Society of Greater Halifax$5,000
- Seva Canada Society$5,000
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$3,000
- Namo Buddha Foundation$3,000
- Sierra Club Canada Foundation$2,000
- Hope for Wildlife Society$2,000
- Halifax Transition House Association$2,000
- Lotus Outreach Society Canada$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cidel Trust Company (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Open Sky’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 764789327RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.