The Vanderwell Family Foundation
Private foundation · Gunn, Alberta · BN 772395679RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($357,252) as filed with the CRA.
The Vanderwell Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Gunn, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $358K in revenue and $357K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% 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 13 qualified donees totalling $310K in 2024, the largest being $70K to Mission Eurasia Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2021 to $358K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The vanderwell family foundation is involved in the following programs / activities to support its purpose to make donations to qualified donees as contemplated under the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $358K | $357K | — | — | $310K | -$1,627 |
| 2023 | $375K | $375K | — | — | $327K | -$2,371 |
| 2022 | $404K | $404K | — | — | $356K | -$2,206 |
| 2021 | $147K | $148K | $50K | — | $50K | -$1,960 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$357,406
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $310K to 13 qualified donees:
- Mission Eurasia Inc.$70K
- The Gathering Place Society of Slave Lake$48K
- The Samaritan Foundation$42K
- Blazing Faith Ministries Association$36K
- Treasure Chest Ministries Ltd.$28K
- The Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre Society$20K
- Edmonton Impact Gospel Ministries$18K
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship in Canada (1977)$15K
- Hope Mission$11K
- Almond Tree Ministries Inc.$7,000
- Light Up Your Life Tri-Community Palliative/hospice CARE Society$5,000
- Pembina Bible Camp Fellowship$5,000
- One Hope Ministries of Canada$5,000
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$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Lesli Bar (director); Kenneth Vanderwell (director); Theresa Ross (secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vanderwell Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 772395679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.