Viewpoint Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 868741653RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,443,754) as filed with the CRA.
Viewpoint 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 $7.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% 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 44% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 65 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $600K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $488K in 2020 to $7.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity provided donations to registered charities and to educate the public about ethical leadership.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.4M | $2.4M | $116K | — | $1.9M | $18.4M |
| 2023 | $774K | $2.4M | $123K | — | $2M | $13.6M |
| 2022 | $230K | $2.3M | $206K | — | $1.6M | $15M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $1.9M | $325K | — | $1.2M | $18.9M |
| 2020 | $488K | $1.8M | $416K | — | $1.2M | $15.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 65 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$600K
- Mount Royal University Foundation$250K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$200K
- Momentum Community Economic Development Society$155K
- National Music Centre$100K
- City of Calgary$100K
- Centre for Suicide Prevention 2005$100K
- Trellis Society for Community Impact$50K
- The Impact Society for Children & Families in Turmoil$50K
- Calgary Public Library Foundation$50K
- Lionheart Foundation$25K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$25K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$20K
- Parks Foundation Calgary (as an Agent of the City of Calgary$20K
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$15K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area (formerly Aunts and Uncles at Large)$13K
- Institut économique de montréal$12K
- Canada West Foundation$10K
- Calgary Young Men's Christian Association$10K
- Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy$10K
- Place2Give Foundation$7,500
- Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation$7,000
- I Can for Kids Foundation$6,000
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$5,500
- University Hospitals Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Labelle (director); Mac Van Wielingen (director chair president); Robert Van Wielingen (director); Susan Van Wielingen (director and vp).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Viewpoint Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868741653RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.