The Daniel Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 832744791RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,344,223) as filed with the CRA.
The Daniel 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 $1M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $250K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The foundation has been established to carry out objects of exclusively charitable nature by gifting funds to qualified donees as defined in the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M | $18.1M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $18.4M |
| 2022 | $965K | $1M | — | — | $979K | $18.6M |
| 2021 | $921K | $564K | — | — | $553K | $18.7M |
| 2020 | $894K | $814K | — | — | $802K | $18.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 15 qualified donees:
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$250K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$250K
- Perimeter Institute$250K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$200K
- The University of British Columbia$150K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$85K
- Outward Bound Canada$40K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$25K
- Spirit North$25K
- Light Up the World$25K
- Reset Society of Calgary$10K
- Alzheimer Society of B.C.$10K
- Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta$5,000
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$1,000
- Plan International Canada Inc.$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Daniel (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Daniel Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832744791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.