The Hearn Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 830311429RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,182,671) as filed with the CRA.
The Hearn Family 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 $310K in revenue and $2.2M 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 84% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $300K to Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $683K in 2020 to $310K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The Hearn Family Foundation donates to qualified donees on an annual basis
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $310K | $2.2M | $0 | — | $2.2M | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $551K | $287K | — | — | $260K | $4M |
| 2022 | $262K | $478K | — | — | $450K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $888K | $6 | — | $860K | $4M |
| 2020 | $683K | $635K | — | — | $613K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 21 qualified donees:
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$300K
- The Democracy Fund$200K
- True North Centre for Public Policy$200K
- Centre Street Church$200K
- Prison Fellowship of Canada$200K
- The Fraser Institute$200K
- The Tyndale Foundation$100K
- Jews for Jesus/juifs pour Jesus$100K
- Badlands Amphitheatre Society$100K
- Canadian Physicians for Life/ Medecins du Canada pour le Respect de la Vie$100K
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (cawst)$100K
- Power to Change Ministries$75K
- The Great Commission Foundation$50K
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$50K
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$50K
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$50K
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$25K
- Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy$25K
- Calgary Dream Centre$25K
- Regina Christian School Association$10K
- Manning Foundation for Democratic Education$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Hearn (director); Gracie Hearn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Hearn Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830311429RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.