Leanne Children's Foundation
Private foundation · Sturgeon County, Alberta · BN 892312364RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,294) as filed with the CRA.
Leanne Children's Foundation is a private foundation based in Sturgeon County, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $61K in revenue and $72K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from other charities. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,112.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $53K in 2023, the largest being $5,000 to Music For The Future. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $100K in 2020 to $61K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Assisting children in need to achieve a healthy decent and rewarding life donating to disaster and war relief donating to food or clothing banks soup kitchens & hostels
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $61K | $72K | $30K | — | $42K | $216K |
| 2023 | $49K | $70K | $17K | — | $53K | $227K |
| 2022 | $135K | $83K | $16K | — | $65K | $248K |
| 2021 | $44K | $55K | $5,300 | — | $49K | $184K |
| 2020 | $100K | $83K | $13K | — | $67K | $194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $53K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Music For The Future$5,000
- Fiddles North / Violons Nord$5,000
- Lunenburg Pastoral Charge$5,000
- Olive Tree Projects Society$5,000
- Nova Scotia Talent Trust$5,000
- South Shore Theatrical Players$3,000
- Mikinakoos Children's Fund$3,000
- Youthwrite Society Canada$2,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax$2,000
- Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society$2,000
- Help Bolivia Foundation$1,650
- United Way of Lunenburg County$1,000
- Crisis Prevention Intervention and Information Centre for Northern BC$1,000
- Shine through the Rain Foundation$1,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Bay and District Incorporated$1,000
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$1,000
- Camp Koolaree$1,000
- L'Arche Antigonish Foundation$1,000
- Nova Scotia Sea School Society$500
- Books Over Borders Livres Transfrontières$500
- Youth Singers of Calgary Society$500
- The Chalmers Foundation Inc.$500
- Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival$500
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph$500
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph$500
Received $2,112 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,112
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fern Jordan (president); Tony Palylyk (vice president); Nirah Villeneuve (secretary); Harvey Heinrichs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Leanne Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892312364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.