Cliff Lede Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 875384810RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($281,197) as filed with the CRA.
Cliff Lede Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $281K 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 37% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $229K in 2024, the largest being $55K to Cj'S Skatepark Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $263K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $281K | — | — | $229K | $6M |
| 2023 | $693K | $275K | — | — | $236K | $5.2M |
| 2022 | -$341K | $231K | — | — | $181K | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $518K | $244K | — | — | $178K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $263K | $236K | — | — | $171K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $229K to 10 qualified donees:
- Cj'S Skatepark Foundation$55K
- The University of California San Francisco Foundation$50K
- Face the World Foundation$47K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$18K
- Uc Davis$16K
- University Hospitals Foundation$15K
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$15K
- Edmonton Down Syndrome Society$8,000
- The University of British Columbia$5,000
- Duke University$700
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clifford Lede (chair & president); Marla Lede-Bruder (executive director); Jason Lede; Mathew Paul Sawin.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cliff Lede Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875384810RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.