The Leder Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Acheson, Alberta · BN 872690649RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,819,910) as filed with the CRA.
The Leder Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Acheson, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $22.2M in revenue and $7.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $3.5M in 2024, the largest being $750K to Dordt University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Receive and maintain a fund and to apply all or part of the principal and income thereform from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.2M | $7.8M | — | — | $3.5M | $105.6M |
| 2023 | $13.3M | $7.1M | — | — | $2.7M | $91.3M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $6.3M | — | — | $2.1M | $85M |
| 2021 | $21.3M | $6.3M | — | — | $2.1M | $89.4M |
| 2020 | $16.9M | $6M | — | — | $2.1M | $74.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.5M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Dordt University$750K
- The Cardus Institute$650K
- The King's University$500K
- Adeara Recovery Centre$265K
- The Christian Reformed Church in North America$165K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$100K
- Prairie Bible Institute$100K
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$100K
- Covenant Christian Reformed Church of Edmonton$75K
- Prison Fellowship International Canada$60K
- World Renew$50K
- Rehoboth Christian Ministries Association$50K
- Pilgrims Hospice Society$50K
- Edudeo Ministries$50K
- Parkland School Division No 70$50K
- Ponoka and District Health Foundation$35K
- Mental Health Foundation$35K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$25K
- Word & Deed Ministries Canada Inc.$25K
- Vernon Live Well Clinic for Sexual Health and Pregnancy Association$25K
- Kids on Track Association of Edmonton$25K
- Emas Canada$25K
- Edmonton Native Healing Centre Society$25K
- Parkland Food Bank Society$25K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,105
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Leder (director); Sally Leder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Leder Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872690649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.