The par Foundation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 831508478RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($285,114) as filed with the CRA.
The par Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $472K in revenue and $285K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $8.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $310K in 2020 to $472K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Outreach to people who are at risk those: oppressed marginalized and exploited including those sexually exploited struggling with addictions hungry and homeless. Outreach achieved through: • Providing facilities to agencies for use in their work with 'at risk' individuals • Meeting with individuals at street level drop-in programs • Meeting with individuals in areas where prostitution occurs • Providing individuals with food clothing condoms phone cards and bus tickets • Supporting individuals to access existing community services • Connecting with agencies that work with 'at ris…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $472K | $285K | $166K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $451K | $313K | $283K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $764K | $345K | — | — | $10K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $266K | $266K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $310K | $28K | — | — | $25K | $338K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dan Faber (trustee); Blair Carmichael (trustee); Wes Wall (trustee); Ryan Adams (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The par Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831508478RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.