Oriole Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Canmore, Alberta · BN 104014394RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,686,370) as filed with the CRA.
Oriole Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $14.4M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5.1M in 2024, the largest being $5.1M to The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.9M in 2020 to $14.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to provide support for charities - primary areas for support are: to protect the natural environment and to support opportunity and excellence in education the arts and culture. The foundation earns investment income on qualified investments made from contributions for these purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.4M | $5.7M | — | — | $5.1M | $151.9M |
| 2023 | $7M | $4.7M | — | — | $4.2M | $121.3M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $5.1M | — | — | $4.6M | $117.5M |
| 2021 | $16.7M | $4.4M | — | — | $3.9M | $129.6M |
| 2020 | $5.9M | $7.4M | — | — | $7M | $103.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.1M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Bambrough (secretary); Pierre Desrochers (officer); Michael Simons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oriole Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104014394RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.