Spray Lake Sawmills Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 799012158RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,677,463) as filed with the CRA.
Spray Lake Sawmills 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 $3.5M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $428K to Camp Evergreen Mennonite Brethren Ministries Sundre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $7.7M | — | — | $7.7M | $30.9M |
| 2023 | $35.1M | $7,696 | — | — | — | $35.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 13 qualified donees:
- Camp Evergreen Mennonite Brethren Ministries Sundre$428K
- Samaritan's Purse$100K
- Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada$100K
- MCA Mexico's Canadian Angels Foundation$100K
- Bearspaw Christian School Foundation$100K
- Impact Ministries Canada$66K
- Great Commission Foundation$50K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$25K
- Robinson Outreach at RiverCross Ranch$25K
- Prairie Bible Institute$6,660
- Truth Matters Ministries Society of Alberta$5,000
- Reachout Youth Ministries Inc$4,000
- Mission Grace International Church Calgary$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry Mjolsness (chair and ceo); Lorna Mjolsness (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spray Lake Sawmills Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799012158RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.