The Grant MacEwan University Foundation
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119235786RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,415,290) as filed with the CRA.
The Grant MacEwan University Foundation is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $594K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $3.4M to The Board of Governors of Grant MacEwan University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Raising funds through fund raising events and campaigns to support the projects programs and students awards ran by Grant MacEwan University
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.4M | — | $2,092 | $3.4M | — |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.9M | — |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | — |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3.1M | — | — | $3.1M | — |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | $3,393 | $2.1M | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $594K from 18 charities:
- Allard Foundation LTD.$225K
- Bouchier Family Charitable Trust$75K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$65K
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$50K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$50K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$38K
- Chadi Family Foundation$30K
- The Calgary Foundation$21K
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$12K
- Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$5,000
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$5,000
- The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Canada l'Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Lazare-De-Jerusalem au Canada$5,000
- The Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,162
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,972
- ATCO Electric Epic$540
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annette Trimbee (board member president); Maureen Lomas (foundation treasurer); Lara McClelland (foundation president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grant MacEwan University Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119235786RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.