The Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 867976193RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,279,955) as filed with the CRA.
The Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $605K in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking 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 142 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2023, the largest being $950K to National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $605K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation donates funds to the arts cultural programs and various other charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $605K | $2.3M | — | — | $2.2M | $7M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.2M | $8.6M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $3.6M | — | — | $3.5M | $9.9M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.7M | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.2M | $8.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $3.2M to 142 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts$950K
- The University of Manitoba$357K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$200K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$200K
- Assiniboine Park Conservancy Inc.$200K
- The Concordia Foundation Inc.$150K
- Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg Inc.$150K
- United Way of Winnipeg$75K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$60K
- Trans Canada Trail Foundation$50K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$50K
- Manitoba Possible Foundation Inc.$50K
- Clan Mothers Turtle Lodge Inc.$50K
- The Carol Shields Prize Foundation$25K
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc.$25K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$25K
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$25K
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc.$20K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$20K
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$19K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$18K
- The Fort Whyte Foundation Inc.$18K
- The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc.$15K
- Rainbow Stage (1993) Inc.$15K
- Rainbow Stage (1993) Inc.$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Asper (president); Michael Paterson (vice-president); Norm Promislow (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867976193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.