The Architectural Foundation of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 888564846RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($60) as filed with the CRA.
The Architectural Foundation of Alberta is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $909 in revenue and $60 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
In 2024 we sponsored the u of athabasca for three lectures related to the architectural syllabus programme. Campbell hope had donated a large sum of money to the foundation in his estate and was a former student of the syllabus programme.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $909 | $60 | $3,000 | — | — | $140K |
| 2023 | $5,253 | $60 | — | — | — | $143K |
| 2022 | $414 | $56 | — | — | — | $137K |
| 2021 | $319 | $54 | — | — | — | $137K |
| 2020 | $634 | $54 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Lindseth (president); Kees Prins (secretary treasurer); David Down (director); Brian Allsopp (director); Terry Frost (director); Michael Dub (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Architectural Foundation of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888564846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.