The Muttart Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108083064RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,626,885) as filed with the CRA.
The Muttart Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 98 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $343K to Carleton University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $6.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Foundation makes grants to qualified donees mainly in Alberta and Saskatchewan and occasionally in other parts of Canada. Normally the Foundation's grants relate to improving the ability of charities to fulfill their charitable objectives; or the promotion of early learning and child care. The Foundation conducts meetings to assist government and charities to resolve regulatory issues they face and provides bursaries to allow employees and directors of registered charities to undertake professional development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $3.6M | $1.9M | — | $1.4M | $37.5M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $3.7M | $1.8M | — | $1.4M | $35.1M |
| 2022 | -$742K | $3.6M | $1.7M | — | $1.4M | $36.7M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $1.3M | — | $1M | $41M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $2.9M | $1.5M | — | $1.1M | $41M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 98 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Carleton University$343K
- Canadian Child Care Federation$205K
- Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations$150K
- York University$100K
- The Yellowknife Community Foundation$95K
- Max Bell Foundation$50K
- Imagine Canada$39K
- The Pemsel Case Foundation$25K
- Agora Foundation$25K
- Sage Seniors Association$18K
- Intercultural Child and Family Centre$16K
- Government of Alberta$16K
- Bishop's University$15K
- The Grant MacEwan University Foundation$14K
- The Boyle Street Service Society$14K
- Centre for Suicide Prevention 2005$13K
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$11K
- Special Olympics Alberta Association$10K
- Sing for Life Society of Alberta$10K
- Our Health Centre Foundation$10K
- HelpAge Canada$10K
- CanadaHelps Canadon$10K
- Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (The GRIT Program)$7,500
- Regina Early Learning Centre Inc.$6,750
- Friends of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association$6,000
Received $121K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Bisanz (director); Malcolm Burrows (past president); Ruth Collins-Nakai (treasurer); Lynn Penrod (director); Laird Hunter (director); Bryan McLean (vice-president); John Pinsent (president); Winnie Chow-Horn (director); Karen McDonald (director); Ruth Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Muttart Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.