The SJ Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 851201285RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,206,139) as filed with the CRA.
The SJ 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $300K to Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $601K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Foundation donates to qualified donees to support community education and health initiatives environmental protection plus disaster and poverty relief.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $9.1M |
| 2023 | $9.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M | $12.6M |
| 2022 | $650K | $47K | — | — | $2,000 | $11.2M |
| 2021 | $626K | $12K | — | — | — | $10.4M |
| 2020 | $601K | $50K | — | — | $45K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 10 qualified donees:
- Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario$300K
- Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation$200K
- Canadian Wildlife Federation$200K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$150K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$100K
- Hull Services$100K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$55K
- Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre$30K
- ST. Margarets School$25K
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$27K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brad Shaw (director); Haley Palmer (director); Parker Shaw (director); Kennedy Shaw (director); Joshua Ius (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The SJ Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851201285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.