The Lealand Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 708359419RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,927) as filed with the CRA.
The Lealand Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $30.8M in revenue and $36K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Incorporated. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The lealand foundation does not run its own programs instead makes yearly contributions to qualified donees and intermediares.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.8M | $36K | — | — | $17K | $30.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elliott Witherow Knox (director president); Elizabeth Ann Knox (director treasurer); Liam Aidan Knox (director); Devin Myers Knox (director secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lealand Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 708359419RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.