The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 890553449RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,360,163) as filed with the CRA.
The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to University Hospitals Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $618K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.3M | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.8M | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $6.1M | — | — | $5.8M | $755K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $5.2M | — | — | $5.2M | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $618K | $7.2M | — | — | $7.2M | $8.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.3M to 9 qualified donees:
- University Hospitals Foundation$1.1M
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$600K
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$350K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$230K
- Opera Nuova-Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association$25K
- The Varscona Theatre Alliance Society$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Edmonton Beth Shalom Congregation$2,000
- JEWISH ARCHIVES & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EDMONTON AND NORTHERn$250
Received $300K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irving Kipnes (secretary); Joanna O'Croinin (assistant secretary); Ronald Sorokin (director); Barry James (director); Don Hickey (director); David Margolus (director); Peter Moore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890553449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.