The Arthur J E Child Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119213510RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,218,751) as filed with the CRA.
The Arthur J E Child Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $13.4M in revenue and $14.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $14.2M in 2024, the largest being $12.5M to Alberta Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $13.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is: 'to carry on anywhere or to provide assistance to other persons who carry on anywhere the relief of poverty the advancement of education the advancement of medical research the delivery of health care services the perservation of historic sites and buildings the support of law enforcement agencies and the promotion of peace order and good government and other purposes beneficial to any community'. All grants were made to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.4M | $14.2M | $12K | — | $14.2M | $37.3M |
| 2023 | $12.1M | $14.1M | $12K | — | $14M | $38.1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.6M | $12K | — | $2.5M | $40M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $2.3M | $12K | — | $2.3M | $40.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $2.2M | $12K | — | $2.1M | $38.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14.2M to 22 qualified donees:
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$12.5M
- Juno Beach Centre Association$375K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$275K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$200K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$175K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$100K
- Canada West Foundation$100K
- The Great Commission Foundation$50K
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$50K
- National Music Centre$50K
- The Cardus Institute$35K
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$35K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$35K
- The Historic 1000 Islands Village Foundation$30K
- Trinity Western University$25K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$25K
- Hospice Calgary Society$25K
- Epilepsy Association of Calgary$25K
- Alzheimer Society of Calgary$25K
- Association for Workplace Tragedy Family Support$7,500
- Buckspring Foundation$7,500
- Lionheart Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Jackson (trustee); Lorne Jacobson (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Arthur J E Child Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119213510RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.