The Cochrane and District Community Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 873483671RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($94,036) as filed with the CRA.
The Cochrane and District Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 627 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $5,172 to Cochrane Ecological Institute Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The foundation continues to take applications for qualified and unqualified donees in and around the cochrane area which funds earned on its endowment fund are used to fund the chosen donees and their programs. There are a total of 8 board members who determine where funds are to be spent. This funding happens in the first quarter of each calendar year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $94K | — | — | $80K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $87K | $91K | — | — | $87K | $2,581 |
| 2022 | $96K | $96K | — | — | $93K | $3,910 |
| 2021 | $5,575 | $7,547 | — | — | $6,275 | $4,511 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- From other charities$1,636,369
- Receipted donations$114,084
- Investment income$50,241
- Other income$5,000
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 $50K to 14 qualified donees:
- Cochrane Ecological Institute Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Society$5,172
- Canadian Adaptive Snowsports$5,000
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$5,000
- Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation$4,850
- Cochrane Search and Rescue Association$4,575
- The Town of Cochrane Library Board$4,300
- The Bethany CARE Foundation$3,550
- Helping Hands Society of Cochrane & Area$3,200
- Cochrane and Area Humane Society$2,950
- Slsrps$2,750
- Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area$2,500
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$2,500
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$2,500
- Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation$1,595
Received $1.6M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mason Nicoll (treasurer); Tim Harvie (chair); Bill Dickson (director); Lynn Thomson (director); Read Boothby (director); Kelly Rowat (secretary); Melanie Dekker (director); Derrick Newman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cochrane and District Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873483671RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.