The Donald And Eleanor Seaman Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118886977RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($446,758) as filed with the CRA.
The Donald And Eleanor Seaman Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $185K in revenue and $447K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $407K in 2024, the largest being $103K to United Way of Calgary and Area. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $185K | $447K | — | — | $407K | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $238K | — | — | $202K | $7.5M |
| 2022 | $122K | $239K | — | — | $202K | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $225K | $223K | — | — | $185K | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $181K | $201K | — | — | $174K | $5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$187,410
- Other income$116,230
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 $407K to 20 qualified donees:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$103K
- Sport For Calgary Foundation$50K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$46K
- International Centre for Development Learning Society$34K
- Parks Foundation Calgary$25K
- Kaleo Collective Ltd.$25K
- The Calgary Zoological Society$20K
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$20K
- The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society$20K
- University of Saskatchewan$15K
- Heritage Park Society$10K
- British Columbia Guide Dog Services$10K
- Calgary Stampede Foundation$5,000
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$5,000
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
- The Impact Society for Children & Families in Turmoil$5,000
- Calgary Health Foundation$3,500
- Delta Waterfowl Foundation$2,000
- Alberta Association For Better Communities$2,000
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (cawst)$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Seaman (president); Victoria Tirmizi (director); Donna Kanovsky (director); Marilou Seaman (director); Alyssa Black (corporate secretary); Matthew Ircandia (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Donald And Eleanor Seaman Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118886977RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.