Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario · BN 859445629RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($993,126) as filed with the CRA.
Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $993K 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 38 qualified donees totalling $860K in 2024, the largest being $270K to Sault Area Hospitals Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization will give its income to qualified donees serving a broad range of charitable objects in particular registered charities which serve to further the cause of hospitals the arts and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $993K | — | — | $860K | $20.3M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1M | — | — | $895K | $17.9M |
| 2022 | -$1.5M | $691K | — | — | $570K | $17M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $591K | — | — | $487K | $19.2M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $463K | — | — | $361K | $17.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $860K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Sault Area Hospitals Foundation$270K
- Lake State University$68K
- Doctors Without Borders$50K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$50K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$50K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$25K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$25K
- United Way Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District$20K
- Thrive Child Development Centre Foundation$20K
- Fertility Friends Foundation$20K
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$20K
- Algoma Family Services Foundation$20K
- The Twinkie Foundation$15K
- Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre$15K
- ST. Vincent Place Sault Ste. Marie$15K
- Hope Air$15K
- Water First Education and Training Inc.$14K
- Algoma Autism Foundation$14K
- RDL Building Hope Society$10K
- Boundless Adventures Association$10K
- Special Olympics Canada$10K
- Operation Smile$10K
- Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada$10K
- The Board of Trustees of Edmonton School Division$10K
- Ken Brown Recovery Home Foundation$9,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Lukenda (director); Sandra Harding (director); Judith Way (director); Janice Lukenda (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859445629RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.