Palix Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 873966295RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,861,373) as filed with the CRA.
Palix Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Palix Foundation was established to receive gifts to manage and administer funds and property for the purpose of disbursing funds and property exclusively to qualified donees and to undertake charitable purposes including the advancement of education and learning the advancement of religion and the relief of poverty by such means as may seem expedient to its directors including research publication education and establishment and maintenance of charitable activities. This was reaffirmed in the Articles of Continuance under the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) Certif…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | $35K | $29M |
| 2023 | $681K | $916K | $771K | — | $34K | $23.1M |
| 2022 | -$629K | $1.1M | $939K | $0 | $36K | $19.7M |
| 2021 | -$6.9M | $909K | $599K | — | $155K | $21.4M |
| 2020 | -$10.9M | $2.8M | $2.2M | — | $158K | $29.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$408K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Mannix (director); Dean Prodan (director); Geeta Sankappanavar (director); Kate Chisholm (director); Bruce Palmer (director); Jeffrey Scobie (director); Juan Senor (director); Debby Carreau (director); Bill Sembo (director); Kate Pedlow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Palix Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873966295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.