The Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation/la Fondation des Marchands d'Equipements du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888865136RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($189,039) as filed with the CRA.
The Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation/la Fondation des Marchands d'Equipements du Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $189K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $160K in 2020 to $266K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to 1) create educational programs for equipment dealers and their employees 2) establish scholarships to equipment dealer realated programs at secondary intitutions 3) create public awareness and promote the equipment dealer industry and 4) conduct research on related topics in the industry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $189K | $108K | $51K | — | $334K |
| 2023 | $194K | $137K | — | $47K | — | $257K |
| 2022 | $155K | $183K | — | $32K | — | $200K |
| 2021 | $142K | $172K | — | — | — | $227K |
| 2020 | $160K | $182K | — | — | — | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2023)
John Schmeiser (treasurer); Don Peters (director); Cameron Bode (vice president); Cam Kay (director); Kurtis Bourassa (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation/la Fondation des Marchands d'Equipements du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888865136RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.