The Princess Auto Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 833179369RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($886,179) as filed with the CRA.
The Princess Auto Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $886K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,488.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $767K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (sait). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $773K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Support of education in the trades pre-employment programs in the skilled trades summer camps and their programs. Donations directed towards bursary programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $886K | $73K | — | $812K | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $864K | — | — | $793K | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $313K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.8M | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $773K | $1.5M | — | — | $1.5M | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $767K to 23 qualified donees:
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (sait)$50K
- Red River College Polytechnic$50K
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (nait)$50K
- Conestoga College$50K
- Fanshawe College Foundation$50K
- New Brunswick Community College (nbcc)$40K
- Sheridan College$40K
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic$35K
- Okanagan College$35K
- Algonquin College$35K
- Lakeland College$35K
- Holland College$35K
- College of North Atlantic$35K
- British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation$35K
- Nova Scotia Community College$35K
- Trans Canada Brewery$27K
- Tamarack Recovery Centre$25K
- Fortwhyte Alive$25K
- Red Deer College (RDC)$25K
- College of New Caledonia$25K
- U-Turn Parkinson Inc.$15K
- Swing for Soldiers$10K
- British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation$5,000
Received $7,488 from 2 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,488
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Tallman (president); Reverly Hart (director); David Shnider (director); Matthew Tallman (director); Marc Tallman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Princess Auto Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833179369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.