Wood Buffalo Community Foundation
Public foundation · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 721278927RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($727,663) as filed with the CRA.
Wood Buffalo Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $778K in revenue and $728K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $491K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $513K in 2024, the largest being $137K to Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $778K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Offers grants to various npo organizations in the fort mcmurray area. These organzations provide community support and cultural awareness programs in the area. Offers grants to various npo organizations in the fort mcmurray area. Organizations funded provide the following for the community: kids programs soup kitchens music festivals in-school food programs cultural programs athletics funding urban/rural digital connection programs social respite and meal programs and the final frontier air max project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $778K | $728K | $13K | — | $513K | $577K |
| 2023 | $796K | $779K | $28K | — | $559K | $527K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $800K | — | $17K | $545K | $510K |
| 2021 | $382K | $609K | — | — | $441K | $172K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $683K | — | — | $481K | $399K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $513K to 23 qualified donees:
- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation$137K
- Pastew Place Detox Centre$75K
- Nistawoyou Association Friendship Center$74K
- The Fort McMurray Catholic Board of Education$72K
- Fort McMurray Golden Years Society$57K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$42K
- Some Other Solutions Society for Crisis Prevention$20K
- Wood Buffalo Safe/healthy Community Network$10K
- Arts Council Wood Buffalo$4,420
- Waypoints Wood Buffalo$3,431
- United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo$3,431
- Fort McMurray SPCA$3,431
- Kidsport Wood Buffalo$2,794
- Ukrainian Canadian Congress$1,800
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton$1,600
- Northlife Fellowship Baptist Church of Fort McMurray$1,111
- Centre of Hope Non-Profit Society of Fort McMurray$1,111
- King's Kids Promotions Outreach Ministries Incorporated$1,111
- The Fort McMurray Society of the Friends of Music$849
- The Board of Trustees of Fort McMurray Public School Division$768
- The Children's Centre Non Profit Society of FT. McMurray$516
- Girls Inc. of Northern Alberta$482
- ST. Aidan's House Society$453
Received $491K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sherill Hynes (treasurer); Nayef Nahgoub (board member); Tony Mankowski (past chair); Shaun Moore (board member); Emma Thorpe (board member); Cynthia Shelley (board member); Nicole Bourque-Bouchier (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wood Buffalo Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 721278927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.