Lifted Literacy and Leadership
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890014541RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,567,113) as filed with the CRA.
Lifted Literacy and Leadership is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 38 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $573K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The foundation's objective is to use funds for charitable purposes dedicated to helping underserved youth through literacy leadership and other educational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $210K | — | $575K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.4M | $940K | $251K | — | $461K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $829K | $203K | — | $676K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $923K | $49K | — | $709K |
| 2020 | $1M | $737K | $541K | $72K | — | $529K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $573K from 38 charities:
- The Pottruff Family Foundation$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Temerty Foundation$50K
- Robert Kerr Foundation$35K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$35K
- The Lewitt Family Foundation$30K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$15K
- Oakville Community Foundation$13K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$12K
- The McColl-Early Foundation$10K
- The McLean Foundation$8,500
- RBC Foundation$7,500
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$6,070
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$6,070
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$6,070
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$6,070
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$5,000
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$595K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danielle Cerisano (chair); Mark Damelin (past chair); Renaldo Ferreira (co-treasurer); Kristine Gaston (director); Judy Maclellan (education co-chair); Daniel McAlister (director); Patrick O'Driscoll (director); Timothy Price (director); Kimberly Rainford (director); Chad Royer (director); Joseph Sheehan (director); Karrie Weinstock (director); Colleen Lamont (co-treasurer); Jessica Oliver (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lifted Literacy and Leadership’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890014541RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.