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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Investment income$106,072
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 $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.