The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119124501RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,985,599) as filed with the CRA.
The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.3M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $966K to The Rotary Foundation (Canada). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1) supporting international projects that include clean water supply and disease prevention building sustainable homes and providing support for education. 2) stay in school mentoring scholarships and youth programs. 3) supporting families in need with a christmas hamper program. 4) supporting early childhood literacy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3M | $342K | $157K | $1.9M | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $283K | — | — | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $557K | $4,084 | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $654K | $4,155 | $1.7M | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $3M | $575K | $138K | $1.8M | $942K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Rotary Foundation (Canada)$966K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$200K
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$125K
- Safe Haven Foundation of Canada$100K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area (formerly Aunts and Uncles at Large)$84K
- Calgary Young Women's Christian Association$49K
- Nstep$47K
- Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation$40K
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$25K
- Homespace Society$25K
- United for Literacy$25K
- Carya Society of Calgary$25K
- Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women$23K
- The City of Calgary Parks Foundation$20K
- Women's Centre of Calgary$20K
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$20K
- Ruth's House Society$17K
- Distress Centre Calgary$15K
- Community Service Fund$13K
- Bow Valley College$11K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$10K
- I Can for Kids Foundation$10K
- Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation$10K
- Arnica Foundation$10K
- Calgary Quest Children's Society$9,362
Received $2.3M from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$129K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Henderson (president); William (bill) Hamilton (treasurer); Joseseph (joe) Fras (president elect); Laurene Wilson (secretary); Ginny Sparks-Kellough (fellowship director); Maxine Morrison (program director); Sean Baylis (youth trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119124501RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.