Rose Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 835599499RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,297,314) as filed with the CRA.
Rose 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 $20.3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% 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 11 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $875K to United Way of Calgary and Area. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $20K in 2020 to $20.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Support charitable sector through gifts to registered charities as defined in subsection 248(1) of the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.3M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.2M | $104.6M |
| 2023 | $48M | $3.5M | — | — | $3.4M | $83.1M |
| 2022 | $37.4M | $507K | — | — | $500K | $43.1M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $11K | — | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $20K | $14K | — | — | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 11 qualified donees:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$875K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$630K
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$530K
- Chapel & York Canada Foundation$500K
- Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America$180K
- Canada Waterportal Society$125K
- Together We Stand Military Families Foundation$100K
- Chaloner Children's Charity Canada$100K
- The University of British Columbia$73K
- Kid Sport$30K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$30K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Rose (trustee); Susan Riddell Rose (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rose Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835599499RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.