The Thrive Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 749159141RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,898,872) as filed with the CRA.
The Thrive Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to Thrive Charter School Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing funding for accessible and equitable education aiming to close the opportunity gap for students of a low socialeconomic background.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $137K | — | $1.8M | $21K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Burrows (director); Michael Hladun (director); Jared Priestner (director); Jason Smith (director); Mark Szott (director); Ben Cochrane (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Thrive Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 749159141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.