Oxford House Foundation of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891759748RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,222,930) as filed with the CRA.
Oxford House Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Oversees a network of self-run and self-supported homes for recovering alcoholics and addicts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $3,294 | — | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $1.9M | $962 | — | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1M | $733 | — | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $943K | $819 | — | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $980K | $2,309 | — | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 13 charities:
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$20K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$19K
- The Marian Centre$15K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,869
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,500
- Lily Street Foundation$2,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,234
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$44
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19
- Faith Food Bank Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda McCollum (chair); Joanna Scott (vice chair); Craig Burkart (treasurer); Eve Macmillian (honorary director); Gill Roussel (secretary); Steven Law (director); Michael J. Reed (director); Randa Kachkar (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oxford House Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891759748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.