Pareto Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 854164076RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($414,086) as filed with the CRA.
Pareto Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $414K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $732K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation provide gifts to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $414K | — | — | $331K | $13M |
| 2023 | $515K | $315K | — | — | $240K | $11.7M |
| 2022 | $5M | $631K | — | — | $580K | $11.5M |
| 2021 | $725K | $561K | — | — | $524K | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $732K | $654K | — | — | $625K | $7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Meredith Stephure (president/trustee); Richard Stephure (trustee); Matthew Stephure (trustee); Ann-Marie Stephure (trustee); Heather Lenters (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pareto Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854164076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.