Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890381882RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,244,535) as filed with the CRA.
Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $24.9M in revenue and $20.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 136 qualified donees totalling $19.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Wolf Willow Institute for Systems Learning. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The suncor energy foundation's funding priorities are listed below: 1) energy 2) indigenous 3) community 4) community presence a. Suncares 5) suncor energy foundation programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.9M | $20.2M | — | — | $19.3M | $0 |
| 2023 | $26.4M | $25.1M | — | — | $24M | $23.4M |
| 2022 | $24.4M | $19M | — | — | $17.8M | $22.3M |
| 2021 | $24.1M | $19M | — | — | $18M | $16.7M |
| 2020 | $19.2M | $18.7M | — | — | $17.6M | $11.7M |
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$23,500,000
- Investment income$1,384,180
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 $19.3M to 136 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Wolf Willow Institute for Systems Learning$1.1M
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$600K
- A New Way Forward Society$500K
- Indspire$500K
- Wood Buffalo Wellness Society$475K
- The Resilience Institute$400K
- Canadian Urban Institute$400K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$319K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$305K
- QUEST - Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow/QUEST$300K
- Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund$300K
- Evergreen$300K
- Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$300K
- Indigenous Youth Roots Canada$300K
- Arctic Inspiration Prize Charitable Trust$300K
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$300K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$299K
- Agora Foundation$293K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$291K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$264K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$250K
- The Calgary Foundation$250K
- Simon Fraser University$250K
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology$250K
- Future Generations Foundation$250K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$690K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Albeldawi (director); Troy Little (director); Ginni Sangha (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890381882RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.