Limestone Learning Foundation
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 884041922RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($343,224) as filed with the CRA.
Limestone Learning Foundation is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $329K in revenue and $343K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $265K in 2024, the largest being $265K to Limestone District School Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $201K in 2020 to $329K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The Limestone Learning Foundation (LLF) promotes enhanced learning opportunities in the five key areas: literacy & numeracy science & environmental visual arts & music health & wellness and technology that demonstrate creativity innovation empowerment equity & inclusion within the Limestone District School Board. LLF grants enable school and classroom projects to maximize the learning potential and skill development of each student and enable specialized projects providing student with enriched learning environment outside of the Ministry funding.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $343K | $14K | $29K | $265K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $242K | $373K | $18K | $40K | $268K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $58K | $149K | $11K | $18K | $75K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $395K | $199K | $10K | $13K | $82K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $201K | $247K | $6,600 | $385 | $116K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $265K to 1 qualified donee:
- Limestone District School Board$265K
Received $14K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Krishna Burra (director); Susan Creasy (director); Elizabeth Crothers (director); Laurie French (director); Wess Garrod (director); Tony Gifford (director); Katherine Leverette (director); Robert Little (director); Adam Young (chair); Craig Young (treasurer); Leslie Myles (director); Tim Stiff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Limestone Learning Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884041922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.