William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888540457RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($506,597) as filed with the CRA.
William S. Herron Family 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 $386K in revenue and $507K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $448K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $386K in 2024.
In its own words
Assist alberta community and agricultural projects and activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $386K | $507K | — | — | $448K | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $439K | $456K | — | — | $391K | $8M |
| 2022 | $588K | $580K | — | — | $497K | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $367K | $447K | — | — | $386K | $10.2M |
| 2020 | $23K | $532K | — | — | $471K | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $448K to 19 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$75K
- Fear Is Not Love Society$35K
- Calgary Meals on Wheels$35K
- Inn From the Cold Society$35K
- Distress Centre Calgary$35K
- Foothills Country Hospice Society$30K
- Simon House Residence Society$30K
- YMCA Canada$25K
- Calgary Seniors' Resource Society$25K
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$20K
- Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society$20K
- Canadian Legacy Project$15K
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$15K
- Bow Valley Agricultural Society$15K
- Leftovers Foundation$10K
- The Calgary Between Friends Club-Fun and Fellowship for Disabled Youth$10K
- Athabasca University$8,000
- Faith Food Bank Society$5,000
- Stephen's Backpacks for Children in Need Society$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$6,000
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888540457RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.