The Banff Centre Foundation
Public foundation · Banff, Alberta · BN 821741097RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,322,602) as filed with the CRA.
The Banff Centre Foundation is a public foundation based in Banff, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $5.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The banff centre foundation supports the activities of the board of governors of the banff centre which is a charitable organization providing the public with the opportunity to access a broad range of learning experiences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | — | — | $39.1M |
| 2023 | $16K | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $38.4M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $37.7M |
| 2021 | $9.7M | $2M | $2M | — | — | $37M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $35.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Martin (director); Naomi Schmold (director); Chris Lorway (oficio); Gavin Berger (director); Susan Kololian (director); Michael McMillan (director); Jill Price (chair); Aly Khan Musani (director); David Gagnon (director); Paul Baay (ex-oficio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Banff Centre Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821741097RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.