The Learning Enrichment Foundation
Publicly funded institution · York, Ontario · BN 119241859RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,012,652) as filed with the CRA.
The Learning Enrichment Foundation is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $35.2M in revenue and $37M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 303 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The learning enrichment foundation supports individuals within our community with settlement and employment supports language training skills training and the ability to solidify those skills with experiential learning with local employers and within our own social enterprises. Also the learning enrichment foundation operates 25 child care centres caring for almost 2 000 children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35.2M | $37M | $36.2M | — | — | $294K |
| 2023 | $34.2M | $34M | $33.7M | $131K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $30.3M | $30.2M | $29.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $26.6M | $26.4M | $25.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $25.9M | $25.6M | $25.5M | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 15 charities:
- Bealight Foundation$830K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$300K
- The Flanagan Foundation$100K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$100K
- The Northpine Foundation$90K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$80K
- Air Canada Foundation$60K
- Air Canada Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- The Azrieli Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Wealthsimple Foundation$10K
- TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund$10K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$4,420
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions303
- Total compensation, all staff$28.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Albanese; Dave Baker; Denis Brind'amour; Bob Churchill; Sam Cole; Kathy Conteh; Bobby Dhungana; Lynn Eakin; Alex Kroon; Karen Pitre; Mike Stacey; Sylvia Watson; Assaf Weisz.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Learning Enrichment Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119241859RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.