Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 707119681RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,452,597) as filed with the CRA.
Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $90K in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $500K to Calgary Beth Tzedec Congregation Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $8.6M in 2020 to $90K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $90K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $198K | $1M | — | — | $965K | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $353K | $1M | — | — | $945K | $7.8M |
| 2021 | $599K | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $8.4M |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $875K | — | — | $826K | $8.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Calgary Beth Tzedec Congregation Society$500K
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch Alberta$200K
- Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation$175K
- Calgary Stampede Foundation$165K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$75K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$70K
- Jewish Family Services (calgary)$50K
- The Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science$25K
- Fresh Start Recovery Centre$18K
- Calgary Meals on Wheels$18K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$10K
- Alpine Canada$5,500
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$5,000
- Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund$5,000
- Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada$5,000
- Chevra Kadisha of Calgary$5,000
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$4,500
- Wellspring Alberta$3,600
- The Boots for Kids Foundation of Alberta$3,600
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$3,600
- Na'Amat Canada Inc.$3,600
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$3,600
- True Patriot Love Foundation$3,000
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$3,000
- Veterans Association Food Bank$2,700
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darlene Switzer-Foster (chair); Anne Christopoulos (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 707119681RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.