CivicAction Leadership Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 787689694RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,498,003) as filed with the CRA.
CivicAction Leadership Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $337K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The civicaction leadership foundation remains committed to unlocking and catalyzing the full leadership potential of the greater toronto & hamilton area (gtha) to build inclusive cities and strong communities. With a focus on advancing education the foundation continues to deliver leadership training seminars and workshops for underrepresented groups including youth women and racialized communities. These include the award-winning diversecity fellows program the volunteer-driven emerging leaders network and the boardshift program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $808K | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $972K | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $954K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $337K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$103K
- Canadahelps Canadon$103K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$35K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$25K
- Dream Community Foundation$25K
- Toronto Foundation$22K
- Clench House Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,029
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- The David Family Foundation$2,250
- The Lynn and Brent Belzberg Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Adams; Layth Ashoo (director); Sharon Haward-Laird (director); Tim Hockey (chair civicaction leaders); Bilal Khan (director); Catherine Pringle (director); Jennifer Publicover (director); Godyne N.L Sibay (chair governance nominati); Vernita Tsang (director); Pamela Zabaraylo (director); Nan Dasgupta (chair civicaction).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from CivicAction Leadership Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 787689694RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.