The Pole Foundation
Private foundation · Rocky View County, Alberta · BN 821168945RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,625) as filed with the CRA.
The Pole Foundation is a private foundation based in Rocky View County, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $48K in revenue and $43K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Island Lake Christian Retreat Centre. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $48K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides donations to qualified donees to organizations with a particular emphasis on the relief of poverty throughout the world by provision of food/clothing/infrastructure/medical services to persons in need. The advancement of christian faith by support of christian institutions including churches christian missions and christian television/radio programs/evangelism. The support of christian education programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $48K | $43K | — | — | $40K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $12K | $53K | — | — | $50K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $50K | $68K | — | — | $65K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $31K | $83K | — | — | $80K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $213K | $63K | — | — | $60K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$52,217
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Pole (trustee); Julene Clare (trustee); Brenda Pole (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Pole Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821168945RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.