The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 819408824RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($595,747) as filed with the CRA.
The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig 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 $3.6M in revenue and $596K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $514K in 2024, the largest being $103K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $515K in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To provide funds for charitable purposes 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 | $3.6M | $596K | — | — | $514K | $15.5M |
| 2022 | $2M | $2.1M | — | — | $322K | $10.2M |
| 2021 | $2M | $282K | $35K | — | $247K | $10.3M |
| 2020 | $515K | $201K | — | — | $201K | $8.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $514K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$103K
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$75K
- Glenbow - Alberta Institute$75K
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (cawst)$50K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$25K
- National Music Centre$25K
- Art Gallery of Alberta Society$20K
- True Patriot Love Foundation$20K
- Board of Governors of The Banff Centre$20K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$15K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$13K
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$10K
- The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation$5,300
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- Charities Aid Foundation Canada$5,000
- Alberta Ballet Foundation$5,000
- Wellspring Alberta$5,000
- Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society$5,000
- Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School Foundation$5,000
- Safe Haven Foundation of Canada$5,000
- Lionheart Foundation$5,000
- Calgary Choral Society$5,000
- Downstage Theatre$5,000
- Canadian Global Affairs Institute$5,000
- Canada-Bolivia Children's Society$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marilyn McCaig (president); Jeffrey McCaig (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819408824RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.