Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 821683364RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($810,120) as filed with the CRA.
Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $810K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $477K in 2024, the largest being $204K to Veterans Association Food Bank. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $193K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
50/50 draws raffles school tours and auction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $810K | — | $312K | $477K | $706K |
| 2023 | $635K | $616K | — | $140K | $436K | $76K |
| 2022 | $488K | $455K | $106K | — | $311K | $57K |
| 2021 | $421K | $462K | $386K | $34K | $421K | $24K |
| 2020 | $193K | $214K | $148K | $14K | $161K | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $477K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Veterans Association Food Bank$204K
- Faith Food Bank Society$45K
- Jasper Food Bank Society$42K
- Jasper Community Team Society$37K
- Kidsport Canada$25K
- Opening Gaits Therapeutic Riding Society of Calgary$20K
- Sheep River Health Trust$12K
- The Brenda Strafford Foundation LTD.$10K
- Pacific Assistance Dogs Society$8,000
- Airdrie Food Bank$7,000
- The Okotoks Foodbank$7,000
- Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation$6,155
- Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,522
- Rowan House Society$5,000
- Priddis Community Association$5,000
- Foothills Academy Society$5,000
- Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary$5,000
- Hull Services$4,975
- Wellspring Alberta$4,281
- Centre for Sexuality Society$4,258
- Umoja Community Mosaic$4,056
- Food Banks Alberta Association$3,000
- Cochrane Food Bank Society$3,000
- Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth$2,500
- Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary$1,880
Received $69K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Thomson (director); Basil French (director/chair); Lori Fyke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821683364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.