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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$3,334,980
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.