The Ben Sawatzky Foundation
Private foundation · Sturgeon County, Alberta · BN 868486499RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($737,563) as filed with the CRA.
The Ben Sawatzky Foundation is a private foundation based in Sturgeon County, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $738K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $504K in 2024, the largest being $165K to The Samaritan Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Reviewed the nature of other charities for the purpose of providing funds to them. Awarded funds to acceptable qualified donees which consisted primarily of religious organizations. Assisted in connection with the samaritan foundation in the construction of houses for families in the dominican republic.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $738K | $231K | — | $504K | $12.8M |
| 2023 | $1M | $714K | $107K | — | $605K | $11.3M |
| 2022 | $181K | $1.1M | $266K | — | $805K | — |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.1M | $132K | — | $1M | $11.9M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $915K | $71K | — | $835K | $10.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $504K to 16 qualified donees:
- The Samaritan Foundation$165K
- TeachBeyond Inc.$92K
- The PAOC Foundation$48K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$39K
- Adeara Recovery Centre$30K
- Hope Mission$29K
- Living Waters Christian Academy$24K
- Childcare International Society$18K
- Stony Plain Alliance Church$12K
- Global Disciples Canada$11K
- Impact Ministries$8,000
- Icej Canada Aid and Development$8,000
- Sanctuary Mental Health Society$7,500
- GiveWise Foundation Canada$7,250
- Mully Children's Family Canada$6,000
- The Joy Smith Foundation Inc.$500
Received $39K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Sawatzky (president/director); Dorcas Sawatzky (secretary/director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ben Sawatzky Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868486499RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.