The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 853519270RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,162,562) as filed with the CRA.
The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $3M in 2024, the largest being $703K to Manning Foundation for Democratic Education. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation has been established to fund and carry on charitable activities and programs that are beneficial to the community as a whole. During the year the foundation distributed funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $3.2M | $7,500 | — | $3M | $11.6M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $2.6M | $2,500 | — | $2.5M | $13M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $3.5M | $4,523 | — | $3.3M | $13.9M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $2.8M | $10K | — | $2.6M | $15.3M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $16.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3M to 23 qualified donees:
- Manning Foundation for Democratic Education$703K
- Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy$410K
- Youth Science Canada / Sciences jeunesse Canada$300K
- True North Centre for Public Policy$300K
- Camosun College Foundation$257K
- Chapel & York Canada Foundation$250K
- SecondStreet.org$200K
- Canadian Constitution Foundation$100K
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$75K
- Canadian Northern (meeting Creek) Historical Society$60K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$55K
- Institute for Liberal Studies Inc.$50K
- Institut économique de montréal$50K
- The Frontier Centre for Public Policy Inc.$50K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$25K
- Global Civic Policy Society$25K
- The University of Manitoba$10K
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$10K
- University of Saskatchewan$10K
- University of Northern British Columbia$10K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$10K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$10K
- West Island College Society of Alberta$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gwyn Morgan (chairman ceo director); Patricia Trottier (director president); John Davis (director treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853519270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.