La Leche League Canada
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 119003812RR0002 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($135,410) as filed with the CRA.
La Leche League Canada is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $93K in revenue and $135K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $190K in 2020 to $93K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
La leche league of canada has provided accurate information and social support to breastfeeding mothers in canada for over 50 years through phone help group meetings information leaflets and in person. A 1-800-line email and a website allow women in communities where no trained volunteer leader lives access to lllc services. Lllc also offers conferences for parents and breastfeeding education seminars for health professionals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $93K | $135K | $42K | — | — | $273K |
| 2023 | $96K | $136K | $46K | — | — | $315K |
| 2022 | $96K | $145K | $26K | — | — | $355K |
| 2021 | $96K | $126K | $24K | — | — | $404K |
| 2020 | $190K | $117K | $27K | — | — | $408K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 9 charities:
- Abundance Canada$8,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,947
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,292
- The Stonefields Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$404
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$254
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$43
- United Way of Greater Toronto$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$63K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Mitchel (secretary); Cecily Heslett (chair); Natalie Gohl (treasurer); Julia Chen (director); Sam Leeson; Alyssa Warmland.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Leche League Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119003812RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.