LI - the Leadership Institute
Publicly funded institution · Mansons Landing, British Columbia · BN 885450205RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,457,798) as filed with the CRA.
LI - the Leadership Institute is a charitable organization based in Mansons Landing, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $536K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $4.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Providing programs for education personal and professional development and social innovation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.4M | $344K | — | $54K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.1M | $2.1M | $474K | — | -$67K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.5M | $2.6M | $190K | — | $482K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.3M | $205K | — | $740K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1M | $197K | — | $603K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $536K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Rowlands (treasurer); Karen Mahon (board advisor non-voting); Aki Kaltenbach (member); Victoria Watson (member); Jessy Tolkan (member); Karri Schuermans (co-chair); Deepa Narayan (director); Darcy Riddell (co-chair); Sabrina Fevez (secretary); Jose Corona (member); Eunhyung 'Leah' Bae (member); Patricia 'Tricia' Hollyer (member); Joel Solomon (board advisor non-voting role).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from LI - the Leadership Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885450205RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.