The Robert and Tatiana Ritchie Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 847481900RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($183,380) as filed with the CRA.
The Robert and Tatiana Ritchie 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 $265K in revenue and $183K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $117K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning.
In its own words
The object of the foundation is to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income thereon from time to time to qualified donees as defined in the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $265K | $183K | — | — | $117K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $265K | $159K | — | — | $142K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | -$356K | $114K | — | — | $97K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $288K | $167K | — | — | $150K | $3M |
| 2020 | $307K | $148K | — | — | $132K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $117K to 15 qualified donees:
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$75K
- Rundle College Society$10K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Faith Food Bank Society$5,000
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (cawst)$3,000
- Panorama Foundation Society$3,000
- The Black Watch of Canada Foundation/ la Fondation Black Watch du Canada$3,000
- Music Education Charity of Canada$2,500
- Robinson Outreach at RiverCross Ranch$2,500
- Urban squash Toronto$2,000
- Windmill Microlending$2,000
- Montessori School of Calgary$1,000
- C.V.R.s Student Activity Sponsorship Society (SASS)$1,000
- Parks Foundation Calgary$1,000
- British Columbia Schizophrenia Society$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robert and Tatiana Ritchie Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847481900RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.