The Lecky Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 863044392RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,139,105) as filed with the CRA.
The Lecky Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $1.1M 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 26% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $844K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Shawnigan Lake School Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Periodic meetings of the board of directors are held in order to discuss portfolio performance major expenses changes to operations and allocation of outgoing donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $844K | $18.9M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $846K | $17.6M |
| 2022 | $620K | $865K | — | — | $585K | $16.5M |
| 2021 | $646K | $801K | — | — | $530K | $17.3M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $658K | — | — | $404K | $16M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $844K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Shawnigan Lake School Foundation$50K
- BC Cancer Foundation$45K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$40K
- ST Paul's Hospital Foundation Inc$40K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$40K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$40K
- The Vancouver Art Gallery Association$35K
- Love For Lewiston Foundation$35K
- YWCA British Columbia$30K
- Missing Children Society of Canada$30K
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$30K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$30K
- Distress Centre Calgary$30K
- Cycling Without Age Society$30K
- Calgary Health Foundation$30K
- Alzheimer Society of B.C.$30K
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$25K
- Covenant House Vancouver$25K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$24K
- Vancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$20K
- The University of British Columbia$20K
- Kw'umut Lelum Foundation$20K
- Diamond Blackfan Anemia Canada$20K
- Action Dignity Society$20K
- Highbanks Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anton Lecky (director); John Chan (chair); Christopher Lecky (secretary & treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lecky Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863044392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.