The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 843840950RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($200,247) as filed with the CRA.
The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $124K in revenue and $200K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $187K in 2024, the largest being $42K to University Hospitals Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Made disbursements to qualifies donees in the areas of healthcare education and community services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $124K | $200K | — | — | $187K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $865K | $140K | — | — | $140K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $135K | $129K | — | — | $129K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $79K | $124K | — | — | $123K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $134K | $127K | — | — | $127K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $187K to 15 qualified donees:
- University Hospitals Foundation$42K
- Zebra Child & Youth Advocacy Centre Society$25K
- Y.e.s.s.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton$18K
- Special Olympics Alberta Association$15K
- Little Warriors$15K
- Edmonton Women's Shelter LTD.$13K
- Pilgrims Hospice Society$10K
- Little Warriors$10K
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$10K
- Camp Health Hope & Happiness Society$10K
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
- 630 Ched Santa's Anonymous$5,000
- Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,534
- Humane Animal Rescue Team Society (harts)$4,000
- Kaleo Collective Ltd.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Sawin (director); Sally Sawin (director); Rachel Edwards (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843840950RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.