The Qr77/westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893336560RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,643) as filed with the CRA.
The Qr77/westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $258K in revenue and $251K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $206K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The children’s charity foundation raises money throughout the year which is then given to not for profiit children’s socities and organizations in the calgary ab region .
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $258K | $251K | $200 | — | $202K | $107K |
| 2023 | $258K | $264K | $295 | — | $225K | $99K |
| 2022 | $223K | $225K | $200 | — | $185K | $105K |
| 2021 | $346K | $353K | $250 | — | $318K | $95K |
| 2020 | $264K | $213K | $826 | — | $169K | $102K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $206K to 21 qualified donees:
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$25K
- Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society$20K
- Step By Step Early Intervention Society$15K
- Variety - The Children's Charity of Alberta Association$15K
- Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta$13K
- Casp-Grace Baptist Church$10K
- Camp Cadicasu Association of Calgary$10K
- Rowan House Society$10K
- Accessibility Renovations for Kids (ARK) Society$10K
- Cornerstone Youth Centre (calgary) Society$10K
- Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary$10K
- Hospice Calgary Society$10K
- Evergreen Theatre Society$9,196
- Nurtured by Nature$7,400
- Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary$5,537
- Stardale Women's Group Incorporated$5,000
- Safe Haven Foundation of Canada$5,000
- Calgary Young People's Theatre Society$5,000
- Youth Singers of Calgary Society$5,000
- Kids Up Front Foundation (calgary)$4,000
- Jammies from Grammies Society$2,000
Received $29K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Vos (chairperson); Linda Olsen (director); Dave Popowich (secretary/treasurer); Kari Griffith (director); Kimberly Patton (director); Len Perry (director); Dan Desantis (director); Doug Young (executive member/chairperson); Tammy Truman (director); Carmela Gentile (executive); Spryng Kubicek (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Qr77/westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893336560RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.