The Smith and Vanstokkom Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 851264903RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($403,628) as filed with the CRA.
The Smith and Vanstokkom 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 $2.2M in revenue and $404K 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 96% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $365K in 2024, the largest being $135K to Arts Commons. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $584K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives and distributes funds for charitable purposes by making gifts to canadian registered charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $404K | $39K | — | $365K | $11.1M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $304K | $27K | — | $277K | $9.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $586K | $338K | — | $248K | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $177K | $17K | — | $160K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $584K | $854K | $17K | — | $211K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $365K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Arts Commons$135K
- United Way$115K
- ST Thomas United Church$15K
- Samaritan Club of Calgary$10K
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology$10K
- Calgary Zoological Society$10K
- Alberta Children's Hospital$10K
- University of Waterloo$5,000
- The Banff Centre$5,000
- Sick Kids Foundation$5,000
- Casa Luz House of Light$5,000
- Ronald McDonald House Charities$5,000
- Children's Cottage$4,000
- Theatre Calgary$3,000
- One Yellow Rabbit$3,000
- Calgary Philharmonic Society$3,000
- Downstage Performance Society$3,000
- Alberta Theatre Projects$3,000
- YWCA$2,000
- YMCA$2,000
- The Townships$2,000
- Calgary Women's Shelter$2,000
- Calgary Food Bank$2,000
- Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse$2,000
- Inn From the Cold$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Smith (trustee); Betty Smith (treasurer/trustee); John Davis (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Smith and Vanstokkom Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851264903RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.