Vitality Fund
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 781672126RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($386,992) as filed with the CRA.
Vitality Fund is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $387K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $336K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Fresh Start Recovery Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Vitality fund supports various community social educational and research charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $387K | — | — | $336K | $8.4M |
| 2023 | $752K | $344K | — | — | $298K | $7.7M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $219K | — | — | $176K | $6.8M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $162K | — | — | $129K | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $119K | — | — | $93K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$136,265
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 $336K to 7 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louise McKellar (director); Keira Griggs (director); Alina Poelzer (director); Lachlan Poelzer (director); Christopher Griggs (director); Catherine Leeney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vitality Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 781672126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.