Leftovers Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 782983522RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,797,427) as filed with the CRA.
Leftovers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $336K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The leftovers foundation has a dual mission of reducing food waste and increasing food access through community mobilization. Our goal is to ensure edible food is kept out of the landfill and instead is redirected into the hands of those who need it the most. We rescue food from businesses and organizations to divert it from landfill and direct it to service agencies to serve to individuals and families experiencing poverty.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.8M | $4.3M | $32K | — | $258K |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $3.8M | $32K | — | $340K |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.8M | $26K | — | $182K |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $2.8M | $12K | $0 | $65K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.5M | $184K | — | $377K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $336K from 22 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$83K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$40K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$39K
- Norrep Foundation$30K
- The McCain Foundation$20K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Ian and Rochelle Laing Family Foundation Inc.$10K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$5,000
- B. Stefanich Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$4,500
- The Upside Down Tree Family Foundation Inc.$2,500
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$69
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$500K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keltie Gower (vica chair); Thomas Dyer (director); Shawna Perron (secretary); Mark Hildebrand (director); Kirsten Jenner (director); Rhonda Cooper-Burges (director); Farrah So (director); Sitara Fernandes (director); Bonita Paquiette (director); Jeffrey Leachman (director); Billi Wun (director); Alexis Taylor (director); Audra Papp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Leftovers Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 782983522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.