Legs for Literacy Inc.
Public foundation · Riverview, New Brunswick · BN 850652595RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($135,465) as filed with the CRA.
Legs for Literacy Inc. is a public foundation based in Riverview, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $136K in revenue and $135K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $10K to The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $27K in 2020 to $136K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We organized our annual running event in greater moncton. We relaunched the marathon and welcomed 1500 registrants for the various races. We continued to raise funds to finance literacy projects offered by recognized organizations in new brunswick.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $136K | $135K | $79K | — | $34K | $63K |
| 2023 | $144K | $160K | $79K | — | $44K | — |
| 2022 | $109K | $106K | $63K | — | $40K | $67K |
| 2021 | $36K | $36K | $14K | — | $18K | $65K |
| 2020 | $27K | $32K | $24K | — | — | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 5 qualified donees:
- The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada$10K
- United for Literacy$10K
- Moncton Public Library Board$7,500
- Salon du Livre de Dieppe Inc$5,000
- Family and Early Childhood Anglophone East$1,000
Received -$165 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emma Belcher (secretary); Norman Bowen (treasurer); Nicole Giddens McQuade (chair); Claudianne Robichaud (vice chair); Althea Arsenault Beal (other responsible); Christophe Collard (other responsible); Stephen Carter (other responsible).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Legs for Literacy Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850652595RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.