The Ansari-Cook Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 712539113RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,250) as filed with the CRA.
The Ansari-Cook 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 $43K in revenue and $27K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $27K in 2024, the largest being $7,250 to The Human Development Foundation of North America.
In its own words
1. Bursary in Engineering at the University of British Columbia - This annual bursary of $5 000 is made available to undergraduate students enrolled in Engineering program at UBC. Preference is given to First Nations Innuit or Metis students of Canada. This is a four year commitment that started in 2020. 2. Providing bag lunches to needy students attending schools in various parts of Calgary through a Canadian registered charity 'Brown Bagging for kids in Calgary'. 3. Through a registered Canadian charity 'Human Development Foundation' have offered scholarships to 10 Pakistani girls who come…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43K | $27K | $0 | — | $27K | $565K |
| 2023 | — | $28K | — | — | $28K | $476K |
| 2022 | $56K | $17K | $296 | — | $17K | $315K |
| 2021 | $107K | $23K | — | — | $23K | $321K |
| 2020 | $45K | $16K | $0 | — | $16K | $237K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ansari-Cook Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 712539113RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.