The Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation
Charitable organization · Banff, Alberta · BN 107837643RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,990,235) as filed with the CRA.
The Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation is a charitable organization based in Banff, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We operate a museum collections library and archives. This provides educational programs to the community and school programs. We conduct tours of our galleries and home tours of historical buildings on site. Our institution holds programs and maintain a relationship with local Stoney Nakoda.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $4M | $3.1M | $53K | — | $22.7M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.1M | $2.6M | $204K | — | $24.7M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $1.9M | $131K | — | $26.1M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $82K | — | $25.1M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $1.9M | — | — | $23.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 9 charities:
- Banff Canmore Community Foundation$40K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$33K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$30K
- Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,610
- Rozsa Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$750
- The Friends of the Canmore Library Society$100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Watkins (chair); Rod Green (vice chair); George Schwarz (treasurer); Allison Edwards (director); Mirit Poznansky (director); Gair Fryers (director); Steve Kennedy (director); Letha MacLachlan (director); Leslie Sellers (director); Joan Booth (director); Hope Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107837643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.