Northern Legacy Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 140783820RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,243,617) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Legacy Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,448.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $4M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide financial assistance to qualified donees in the areas of education social welfare and cultural activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $5.2M | — | — | $4M | $9.1M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $5.2M | — | — | $3.3M | $10.9M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $4.1M | — | — | $2.9M | $12.2M |
| 2021 | $289K | $172K | — | — | — | $13.2M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.6M | $13.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4M to 13 qualified donees:
- The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund$1.3M
- Indspire$738K
- CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals$561K
- MLSE Foundation$500K
- Future Generations Foundation$400K
- Black Youth Helpline$200K
- Rainbow Railroad$100K
- M.O.S.A.I.C. Multi-Lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities$75K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$60K
- First Nations University of Canada Inc.$50K
- Canada's National History Society/societe d'Histoire Nationale du Canada$15K
- North Okanagan Friendship Center Society$10K
- The Yellowknife Community Foundation$10K
Received $1,448 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,448
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$250K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Baker (president); Mark Fedorowycz (secretary); Brooke Ferguson (director); Ian Putman (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Legacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140783820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.