Thumbs Up Advocacy Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Airdrie, Alberta · BN 798197273RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($328,111) as filed with the CRA.
Thumbs Up Advocacy Foundation is a charitable organization based in Airdrie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $387K in revenue and $328K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
With a focus on the family circle we continue to advance education awareness and research through state-of-the-art projects which focus on the promotion of good brain health within the community setting to continue to promote awareness of harmonized-health which started in 2016 which is a community-based community led blended model of care which includes mental health and wellness for families and individuals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $387K | $328K | — | — | $1,000 | $342K |
| 2023 | $318K | $238K | $228K | $492 | $1,000 | $562K |
| 2022 | $79K | $63K | $54K | — | $1,000 | $134K |
| 2021 | $223K | $356K | $350K | — | $1,000 | $199K |
| 2020 | $415K | $92K | $88K | — | $1,000 | $343K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharon Titus (chair); Susan Sarrasin (treasurer); Kenneth Reid (director); Jon Titus (director); Catherine Perrotta (director); Jon Titus (director); Carol Clark (director); Lindsey Cybulskie (director); Elliott Houle (director); Kimberly Jarvis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thumbs Up Advocacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798197273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.