Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 875849192RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,543,013) as filed with the CRA.
Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $10.7M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $538K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 65 qualified donees totalling $6.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Grants to domestic and multinational social services medical aid orphanage school and human rights organizations. Grants to indigenous education physical fitness sports cultural and youth organizations. Grants to advanced research institutions. International pediatric care and training programs orphnage and school programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.7M | $8.5M | $1.6M | — | $6.3M | $106M |
| 2023 | $14M | $7.4M | $1.3M | — | $5.4M | $113.2M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $6.5M | $1.4M | — | $4.8M | $97.3M |
| 2021 | $11.2M | $5.7M | $1.1M | — | $4.2M | $90.3M |
| 2020 | $13.2M | $4.4M | $1.3M | — | $3.1M | $84.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.3M to 65 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$1.2M
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$950K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$553K
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada$436K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$320K
- Health Partners International of Canada$215K
- Mount Royal University Foundation$200K
- University of Lethbridge$200K
- Partners Relief and Development Canada Foundation$166K
- SOS Children's Villages Canada / SOS Villages d'enfants Canada$165K
- Spirit North$160K
- Calgary Young Women's Christian Association$125K
- Momentum Community Economic Development Society$117K
- Vietnam Education Society$114K
- Perimeter Institute$100K
- Mamawi Atosketan Native School$98K
- Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity (tembo)$75K
- MacKinnon's Y-Not? Anti-Poverty Program Inc.$50K
- Haitian Children's Aid Society$50K
- ST. Peter's Anglican Church$45K
- Medical Mercy Canada Society$40K
- Cmac Christian Mission Aid Canada$40K
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$40K
- Board of Governors of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology$40K
- Elimu Development Projects$35K
Received $538K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
J. Richard Bird (president); Cathryn Bird (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875849192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.