Three Sisters Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 798688727RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,253) as filed with the CRA.
Three Sisters Charitable 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 $2.4M in revenue and $517K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% 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 71% 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 4 qualified donees totalling $489K in 2024, the largest being $458K to Renfrew Educational Services Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and interest therefrom from time to time to qualified donnees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $517K | — | — | $489K | $16.2M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $739K | — | — | $706K | $14.3M |
| 2022 | $785K | $136K | — | — | $104K | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $181K | — | — | $152K | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $159K | — | — | $130K | $4M |
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$1,302,000
- Other income$642,893
- Investment income$451,706
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 $489K to 4 qualified donees:
- Renfrew Educational Services Foundation$458K
- Renfrew Educational Services Society$12K
- Town of Vegreville$10K
- Canadian Unicef Committee$8,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Reid (chair); Rebecca Reid (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Three Sisters Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798688727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.