Lead Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 863831467RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,709,702) as filed with the CRA.
Lead Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,396.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Activity based developmentally focused client centred approach to child development. Our programs work with children and families to develop functional skills within each child adn assist in their transition to a school program. Our teams develop partnerships across learning communities to facilitate programs for children with developmental challenges. Our teams contribute support promote research related to children and their families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $5.3M | $5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.3M | $4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,396 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$4.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lead Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863831467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.