The Philip and Harriet Libin Family Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 831388699RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($714,453) as filed with the CRA.
The Philip and Harriet Libin 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 $1M in revenue and $714K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% 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 90% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $712K in 2024, the largest being $600K to Alberta Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $421K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Foundation established to maintain a trust fund and to use such fund and the net income therefrom for the purpose of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds to be applied for the benefit of other charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $714K | — | — | $712K | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $924K | — | — | $922K | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $902K | $762K | — | — | $760K | $4M |
| 2021 | $916K | $804K | — | — | $803K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $421K | $125K | — | — | $124K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $712K to 16 qualified donees:
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$600K
- Calgary Jewish Federation$97K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$3,600
- Calgary Jewish Community Campus Corporation$2,500
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$2,375
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$2,000
- Jewish Family Services (calgary)$2,000
- Arnica Foundation$1,000
- Kids Cancer CARE Foundation of Alberta$500
- Project Warmth Society of Alberta$350
- Calgary Public Library Foundation$250
- Foothills Academy Society$250
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$150
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$150
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$100
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harriet Libin (trustee); Philip Libin (trustee); Stuart Libin (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Philip and Harriet Libin Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831388699RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.