S.M. Blair Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119152114RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($487,930) as filed with the CRA.
S.M. Blair Family 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 $783K in revenue and $488K 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 57% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 61 qualified donees totalling $448K in 2024, the largest being $35K to BC Women's Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $451K in 2020 to $783K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Supporting science technology communities and the arts in canada since 1982 the s.m. Blair family foundation provides funding for charitable and educational purposes in canada as well as encouraging the training and development of canadians in research. Grants are allocated over a wide range of projects with an emphasis on making a significants contribution towards the success of smaller sscale and early stage programs and initiatives. All grants are paid to 'qualified donees' as defined under the income tax act
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $783K | $488K | — | — | $444K | $8.7M |
| 2023 | $565K | $477K | — | — | $436K | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $427K | $51K | — | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2021 | $532K | $325K | — | — | $283K | $9.3M |
| 2020 | $451K | $250K | — | — | $237K | $7.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $448K to 61 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- BC Women's Health Foundation$35K
- Project Forest$25K
- Board of Governors of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology$25K
- Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity$15K
- Association for the Advancement of Science and Engineering Education (AASEE)$15K
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (cawst)$13K
- The Discovery Centre$12K
- 60 Million Girls / 60 Millions de Filles$12K
- Royal Canadian Institute$10K
- Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society$10K
- Elk River Watershed Alliance$10K
- Kootenay-Columbia Discovery Centre Society$10K
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology$10K
- The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Inc.$10K
- Museum of Toronto History$10K
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$10K
- Wintergreen Studios$10K
- Makeway Charitable Society$10K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$10K
- Boundless Adventures Association$6,000
- ST Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences/l'institut des Sciences Environmentales du Fleuve Saint-Laurent$6,000
- Green Thumbs Growing Kids$6,000
- SMI Film Society$5,000
- Rainbow Harmony Project$5,000
- Outside Looking In$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Bandeen (treasurer/director); James Blair (secretary/director); Matthew Blair (director); Robert Bandeen (director); Robyn Blair (director); Darcy Bandeen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from S.M. Blair Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119152114RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.