Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 892835240RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($841,309) as filed with the CRA.
Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $926K in revenue and $841K 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 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $715K in 2024, the largest being $600K to North Point Schools. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $144K in 2020 to $926K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provided gifts to charitable organizations of the directors’ choice with a focus on education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $926K | $841K | — | — | $715K | $12.2M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $921K | $12.2M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $458K | — | — | $302K | $11.7M |
| 2021 | $709K | $478K | — | — | $381K | $10.9M |
| 2020 | $144K | $617K | — | — | $492K | $10.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$636,244
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $715K to 13 qualified donees:
- North Point Schools$600K
- The Fraser Institute$50K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$12K
- Brentwood College Association$10K
- University of Saskatchewan$7,500
- Rundle College Society$7,500
- West Island College Society of Alberta$7,500
- Institut économique de montréal$5,000
- The Frontier Centre for Public Policy Inc.$5,000
- Huron University College Foundation$3,500
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$3,000
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$2,000
- Manning Foundation for Democratic Education$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
R. Jack Pirie (president); Kim Pirie (vice-president); Neal Pirie (secretary-treasurer); Daphne Pirie (director); Mark Pirie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892835240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.