Sheldon Gilmour Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 808528467RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($96,140) as filed with the CRA.
Sheldon Gilmour 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 $102K in revenue and $96K 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 99% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $82K in 2024, the largest being $25K to The Victoria Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $54K in 2020 to $102K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We donate funds to support arts & education with a focus on youth. Specifically we donate to festivals performing groups music ensembles; we donate to schools & education; we donate to arts schools grants & awards for artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $102K | $96K | $82K | — | $82K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $113K | $93K | — | — | $79K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $147K | $101K | — | — | $87K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $179K | $98K | — | — | $87K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $54K | $71K | — | — | $61K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$60,117
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 $82K to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darlene Sheldon (trustee); Grant Gilmour (trustee); Gabriela Gilmour (trustee); Barbara Gibson (trustee); Brigitte Gilmour (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sheldon Gilmour Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808528467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.