Smiley Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 892897679RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,301,980) as filed with the CRA.
Smiley Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $114K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $68K in 2020 to $114K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operation of a hutterite church school kindergarten and pre-school
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114K | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $322K | $50K | $50K | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $264K | $89K | $89K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $136K | $22K | $22K | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $68K | $28K | $28K | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Kleinsasser (trustee/owner); Joseph Kleinsasser (trustee/owner); Benjamin Kleinsasser (trustee/owner).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Smiley Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892897679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.