Sam's Foundation
Private foundation · Ste Anne, Manitoba · BN 758429526RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($762,096) as filed with the CRA.
Sam's Foundation is a private foundation based in Ste Anne, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $866K in revenue and $762K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $433K in 2024, the largest being $293K to LiveDifferent. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $150K in 2020 to $866K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Supported Live Different (registered charity number 861232890 RR0001) during the 2023 tax year. See http://livedifferent.com for more information Supported TOBA Centre (registered charity number 844104935 RR0001) during the 2023 tax year. See https://tobacentre.ca for more information
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $866K | $762K | $2,929 | $325K | $433K | $146K |
| 2023 | $697K | $667K | — | — | $388K | $43K |
| 2022 | $667K | $693K | $6,333 | $198K | $488K | $14K |
| 2021 | $150K | $150K | — | — | $150K | $40K |
| 2020 | $150K | $150K | $272 | — | $150K | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$763,573
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $433K to 2 qualified donees:
- LiveDifferent$293K
- Toba Centre for Children and Youth Inc.$140K
Received $20K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julien Lafleche (trustee); Brad Mason (trustee); Judy-Lynn Mason (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sam's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 758429526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.