The Barr Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 817505324RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($73,489) as filed with the CRA.
The Barr Family 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 $188K in revenue and $73K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Haitian Education Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $188K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Gift funds to qualified donnees to support the charitable purposes for advancing education and promoting literacy and also promoting the health and well-being of women with newborns.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $188K | $73K | — | — | $52K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $63K | $73K | — | — | $53K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $101K | $68K | — | — | $47K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $59K | $66K | — | — | $44K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $34K | $59K | — | — | $41K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$107,043
- Investment income$53,076
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 $52K to 7 qualified donees:
- Haitian Education Society$11K
- Project Maltioxinem Society$10K
- Amref Health Africa in Canada$10K
- Finca Canada$10K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$5,000
- Made by Momma$3,000
- Fear Is Not Love Society$2,952
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bmo Trust Company (co-trustee); Roy Joseph Barr (co-trustee); Roberta Gayle Barr (co-trustee); Erin Melissa Barr (co-trustee); Kirsten Nicole Barr (co-trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Barr Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817505324RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.