Swift Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 862628260RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,041) as filed with the CRA.
Swift Family 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 $608K in revenue and $164K 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 27% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $120K in 2024, the largest being $100K to National Music Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $57K in 2020 to $608K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Swift family foundation (the foundation) is an organization which administers gifted investments with the aim of making donations to charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $608K | $164K | — | — | $120K | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $256K | $196K | — | — | $152K | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $1M | $68K | — | — | $53K | $4.6M |
| 2021 | -$328K | $4,738 | — | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $57K | $197K | — | — | $190K | $4M |
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$357,481
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 $120K to 2 qualified donees:
- National Music Centre$100K
- Good Life Kids Foundation$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Swift (chairman); Cindy McInnis-Swift (director); Morgan Swift (director); Gabriel Swift (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Swift Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862628260RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.