Freedom Tree
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 839381688RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($235,735) as filed with the CRA.
Freedom Tree is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $182K in revenue and $236K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We conduct the following to reduce levels of maternal and infant mortality one community at a time in Sierra Leone and Canada with First Nations communities: Literacy education and training programs and medical services. Improvement of maternal outcomes for indigenous communities in Alberta. Leadership development for youth in Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $182K | $236K | $187K | $12K | — | $41K |
| 2023 | $244K | $287K | $157K | $320 | — | $100K |
| 2022 | $88K | — | $132K | — | — | $150K |
| 2021 | $272K | $139K | $87K | — | — | $251K |
| 2020 | $196K | $185K | $168K | — | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$46K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brant Reding (secretary); Omotara Johnson (director); Karl Feltmate (treasurer); Lance Farkas (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Freedom Tree’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839381688RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.