The Franciscans - Bursar
Charitable organization · Cochrane, Alberta · BN 893003376RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,457,883) as filed with the CRA.
The Franciscans - Bursar is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $94K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $319 in 2024, the largest being $104 to Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc..
In its own words
Provide liturgical services provide counseling aa program retreats for men and women support programs for school aged children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | $320 | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1M | — | $555 | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $747K | $1.1M | $923K | — | $1,385 | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $892K | — | — | $1,640 | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $898K | — | — | $1,502 | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $319 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $94K from 12 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- The Calgary Foundation$7,450
- United Way of Calgary and Area$4,983
- Thomas J. Ranaghan Foundation$2,500
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$1,795
- St. Pio Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order$1,120
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$618
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$250
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$639K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Franciscans - Bursar’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893003376RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.