Rozsa Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 122606551RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,531,386) as filed with the CRA.
Rozsa Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $190K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 49 qualified donees totalling $481K in 2024, the largest being $32K to The Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Build capacity in arts organizations in alberta through grants; arts management training and awards; undertake arts-related research and advocacy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $757K | $0 | $481K | $20.9M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $523K | — | $425K | $20.8M |
| 2022 | -$1.1M | $1.3M | $451K | — | $499K | $21M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $1.1M | $497K | — | $420K | $23.4M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $455K | — | $1.1M | $21.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $481K to 49 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project$32K
- Werklund Centre$25K
- Ckua Radio Foundation$21K
- City of Calgary$20K
- Contemporary Calgary Arts Society$20K
- Theatre Network 1975 Society$19K
- Calgary International Film Festival Society$19K
- Alberta Craft Council$19K
- Storybook Theatre Society$14K
- Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation$14K
- Theatre Calgary$14K
- Springboard Performance Society$14K
- Sled Island Arts Fellowship$14K
- New West Theatre Society$14K
- Lethbridge Symphony Association$14K
- Calgary Opera Association$14K
- Alberta Ballet Company$14K
- The Rocky Mountain Symphony Society$13K
- Prairie Debut Inc.$13K
- Calgary Philharmonic Society$13K
- Okotoks Film Society$11K
- The Calgary Foundation$11K
- Elephant Artist Relief Society$10K
- Council for Business & Arts in Canada$10K
- Luminous Voices Music Society$9,000
Received $190K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$464K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Rozsa de Coquet (board chair); Bruce Halliday (vice-chair); Alec Milne (director); Paul Moulton (secretary); Brittany Harker-Martin (director); Ian Minnifee (treasurer); Sabrina Sandhu (director); Will Tigley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rozsa Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122606551RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.