The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross
Private foundation · Chelsea, Quebec · BN 897803649RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,786,670) as filed with the CRA.
The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross is a private foundation based in Chelsea, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $200K to Dalhousie University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity receives and maintains a fund from time to time. All or part hereof and/or income therefrom for charitable purposes with in and out canada to the netent permitted by applicable law.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $2.8M | $145K | — | $2.2M | $49.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $2.8M | $162K | — | $2.2M | $45.3M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $2.3M | $141K | — | $1.7M | $44.4M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2.1M | $34K | — | $1.6M | $42M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $130K | — | $1.4M | $42.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Dalhousie University$200K
- Carleton University$190K
- Engineers of Tomorrow$150K
- Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa$150K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$140K
- The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$100K
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$100K
- Women Building Futures Society$100K
- Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region$100K
- Informed Perspectives / Perspectives Plurielles$100K
- Toronto Metropolitan University$100K
- Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities/ Arts Multiculturel dans les Ecoles et les Collectivites$100K
- Canadian Musuem of Nature$80K
- Partners for Youth Inc.$70K
- The Apple Schools Foundation$60K
- Students on Ice Foundation/Fondation des étudiants sur glace$60K
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society$50K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$50K
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$40K
- The Nova Scotia Sea School$35K
- Telling Tales$30K
- OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa$30K
- Isisters Technology Mentoring Inc.$30K
- University of Ottawa$30K
- Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roslyn Bern (adminstrateur president); Beatrix Dart (voice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897803649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.