The Carrera Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 823416227RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($300,029) as filed with the CRA.
The Carrera 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 $87K in revenue and $300K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 204% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $300K in 2024, the largest being $125K to Momentum Community Economic Development Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation continues its support of poverty reduction and education programs in calgary.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $87K | $300K | — | — | $300K | $976K |
| 2023 | $30K | $220K | — | — | $220K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $33K | $235K | — | — | $235K | $2M |
| 2020 | $73K | $323K | $1,000 | — | $322K | $567K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300K to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Reina Labossiere (managing trustee); Claudio Ghersinich (trustee); Christopher Ghersinich (trustee); Kathryn Moorcraft (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Carrera Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823416227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.