R.J. Nelson Family Foundation
Private foundation · Lloydminster, Alberta · BN 105230288RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($292,511) as filed with the CRA.
R.J. Nelson Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Lloydminster, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $380K in revenue and $293K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $334K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Wounded Warriors Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $118K in 2020 to $380K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Providing funding to religious denominations as well as organizations and institutions that further the education of young canadians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $380K | $293K | — | — | $289K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $209K | $289K | — | — | $286K | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $128K | $407K | — | $5,917 | $397K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $126K | $268K | — | $2,730 | $261K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $118K | $419K | — | $2,508 | $416K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $334K to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Wounded Warriors Canada$50K
- Border Paws Animal Shelter Society$30K
- Doctors Without Borders$20K
- ST. Paul's Foundation$15K
- ST. James Music Academy$15K
- Pender Harbour & District Health Centre$15K
- Craft Council of British Columber$13K
- Spark Foundation of Lloydminster$10K
- Growing Chefs Society$10K
- Diabetes Canada$10K
- Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver$10K
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$8,000
- Shelter Canada$7,600
- Royal Canadian Legion Lloyminster Branch$7,000
- Border City Connects$7,000
- Thorpe Recovery Centre$5,000
- The Salvation Army - Lloydminster$5,000
- The Olive Tree Community Center$5,000
- The Lung Association Alberta & NWT$5,000
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Stephen's Backpacks for Children in Need Society$5,000
- Stars Foundation$5,000
- Second Chance Animal Rescue$5,000
- Madd Canada$5,000
- Lloydminster Senior Citizens Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allyson Nelson (board chair/trustee); Glenda Elkow (director/trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from R.J. Nelson Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105230288RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.